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5 inch gauge Lion - stock code 13009

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5 inch gauge Lion
5 inch gauge Lion
5 inch gauge Lion
5 inch gauge Lion
5 inch gauge Lion
5 inch gauge Lion
5 inch gauge Lion
5 inch gauge Lion
5 inch gauge Lion
5 inch gauge Lion
5 inch gauge Lion
5 inch gauge Lion
5 inch gauge Lion
A 5 inch gauge Liverpool & Manchester "Lion" to LBSC's "Titfield Thunderbolt" design.

This one's come to us as part of a large collection of locomotives and traction engines, as the owner downsizes in retirement.

We gave the boiler a hydraulic test up to 120psi, at which point there were several leaking stays, with one superheater element leaking at the junction with the header.

The blower valve doesn't close - it was blanked off for the test - and the regulator is passing. The safety valves open but don't re-seat unaided.

length/inches 22.5 + 13
width/inches 8 1/2
height/inches 14 1/2
weight/kg 28
wheel material cast iron
axlebox type plain bearing
cylinder material cast iron
valve type slide
valve gear slip eccentric
injector(s) 1
year built unknown
boiler maker non-commercial
CE mark n/a - non-commercial
working pressure/psi 80
boiler type locomotive
boiler material copper
boiler construction silver solder / brazed
superheater(s) 2
superheater type flue tube
safety valve(s) 2
safety valve type Salter
mechanical pump 1
hand pump 1