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5 inch gauge 0-4-0 VBT - stock code 10906

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5 inch gauge 0-4-0 VBT
5 inch gauge 0-4-0 VBT
5 inch gauge 0-4-0 VBT
5 inch gauge 0-4-0 VBT
5 inch gauge 0-4-0 VBT
5 inch gauge 0-4-0 VBT
5 inch gauge 0-4-0 VBT
5 inch gauge 0-4-0 VBT
5 inch gauge 0-4-0 VBT
5 inch gauge 0-4-0 VBT
5 inch gauge 0-4-0 VBT
5 inch gauge 0-4-0 VBT
5 inch gauge 0-4-0 VBT
5 inch gauge 0-4-0 VBT
5 inch gauge 0-4-0 VBT
5 inch gauge 0-4-0 VBT
5 inch gauge 0-4-0 VBT
5 inch gauge 0-4-0 VBT
5 inch gauge 0-4-0 VBT
A 5 inch gauge vertical boiler locomotive, built in the De Winton style and comprising a single cylinder engine with slip eccentric valve gear and steel gas-fired boiler with club shell test certificate.

It's come to us from a well-known model engineer - still in the workshop in his nineties, he was the builder and custodian of what was, in its time, one of the finest 7 1/4 inch gauge railways in the country.

Somewhat of a "work in progress" on the bench at the time of his most recent downsizing, the locomotive is complete and rolls freely, but something we'd consider a recommissioning/development project.

gauge 5 inch gauge
length/inches 29
width/inches 9
height/inches 16
weight/kg 34
wheel material cast iron
axlebox type plain bearing
cylinder material cast iron
valve type slide
valve gear slip eccentric
lubricator type mechanical
injector(s) 1
boiler number N107-90-17
working pressure/psi 90
boiler type vertical
boiler material steel
boiler construction welded, expanded tubes
superheater(s) 1
superheater type radiant
safety valve(s) 1
safety valve type spring
mechanical pump 1
hand pump 1