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5 inch gauge Liverpool & Manchester "Lion" 0-4-2 - stock code 9693

A 5 inch gauge Liverpool & Manchester "Lion" 0-4-2 to LBSC's "Titfield Thunderbolt" design.

Work to date is to a fine standard and comprises erected frames and cylinder assembly complete with piston and valve rods, guide bars and crosshead; a set of machined Gab gear; connecting rods; machined driving and trailing wheelsets including crank axle and machined tender wheels.

The boiler has flanged and machined tubeplates, barrel, backhead, flue tubes including superheater flues, firebox top casting and a machined regulator assembly.

Complete with a set of grubby "workshop" drawings, plus a set of pristine new ones.

gauge 5 inch
length/inches 21
width/inches 8
height/inches 5
wheel material cast iron
axlebox type plain bearing
cylinder material gunmetal
valve type slide
valve gear Gab
working pressure/psi 80
boiler type locomotive
boiler material copper