A 5 inch
gauge quarry Hunslet to Don Young’s design - it's an attractive design,
strangely they come up far more often in 7 1/4 and 3 1/2 inch gauge versions, I
rarely see a 5 inch gauge one.
Silver soldered copper boiler with twin element superheater, 90psi working pressure, feed by injector and axle pump. Cast iron cylinders with slide valves actuated by Stephenson’s gear with pole reverser in cab. Mechanical lubricator.
The engine
has had a recent boiler test, it goes although sounds as if permanently running
at a large cutoff – I suspect one eccentric sheave needs resetting. Other than
that it's in good order, paintwork is in decent condition although the funerally
drab cab would look ten times better repainted into the pale cream and black
seen on the prototype engines.
Hydraulic
test 31-8-2010 @135psi
Steam test 31-8-2010
gauge | 5 inch |