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5 inch Great Western broad gauge 4-2-2 "Bulkeley" - stock code 13156

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5 inch Great Western broad gauge 4-2-2 "Bulkeley"
5 inch Great Western broad gauge 4-2-2 "Bulkeley"
5 inch Great Western broad gauge 4-2-2 "Bulkeley"
5 inch Great Western broad gauge 4-2-2 "Bulkeley"
5 inch Great Western broad gauge 4-2-2 "Bulkeley"
5 inch Great Western broad gauge 4-2-2 "Bulkeley"
5 inch Great Western broad gauge 4-2-2 "Bulkeley"
5 inch Great Western broad gauge 4-2-2 "Bulkeley"
5 inch Great Western broad gauge 4-2-2 "Bulkeley"
5 inch Great Western broad gauge 4-2-2 "Bulkeley"
5 inch Great Western broad gauge 4-2-2 "Bulkeley"
5 inch Great Western broad gauge 4-2-2 "Bulkeley"
5 inch Great Western broad gauge 4-2-2 "Bulkeley"
5 inch Great Western broad gauge 4-2-2 "Bulkeley"
5 inch Great Western broad gauge 4-2-2 "Bulkeley"
5 inch Great Western broad gauge 4-2-2 "Bulkeley"
5 inch Great Western broad gauge 4-2-2 "Bulkeley"
A 5 inch GWR broad gauge 4-2-2, one of the "Rover" class of locomotives designed by Armstrong and introduced from 1870.

"Bulkeley", built in 1880, worked the last broad gauge passenger train from Paddington station in 1892. After the Great Western Railway's conversion to standard gauge later that year it was scrapped, along with every other broad gauge locomotive except "North Star", which survived until 1906 when, remarkably, it too was broken up.

Broad gauge locomotives in any gauge are very rarely modelled - "Bulkeley" is one of only two we've had in the last 25 years (the other, "Iron Duke", sold in 2024).

With eight foot diameter driving wheels, the "Rover" class were massive, handsomely proportioned machines with direct lineage back to Gooch's highly successful "Iron Duke".

A finely made model, the boiler has had a hydraulic test with new certification issued - we've made no attempt to steam the engine, given its condition, but on air the chassis runs beautifully as might be expected.


gauge 5 inch
scale 3/4 inch
length/inches 21+17
width/inches 8
height/inches 11 1/2
weight/kg 20+6
wheel material cast iron
axlebox type plain bearing
cylinder material cast iron
valve type slide
valve gear Stephensons
reverser type pole
boiler number 13156
year built 1984
boiler maker S.Massey
CE mark n/a - non-commercial
working pressure/psi 80
boiler type locomotive
boiler material copper
boiler construction silver soldered with nutted and calked firebox
hydraulic test valid to 26/Nov/29
superheater(s) 1
superheater type flue tube
fusible plug yes
safety valve(s) 1
safety valve type spring
mechanical pump 1
hand pump 1
whistle yes