Sold January 2021 Back to Archive

A finely built 5 inch gauge LMS rebuilt Royal Scot 6103 "Royal Scots Fusilier". We last sold this one in 2018 - in pretty much ex-works condition at that time, it had been on display in the previous owner's house for many years, unsteamed (you can see pictures and the original listing in the archive here).

It's recently come back in part exchange for another three cylinder rebuilt Scot "Sherwood Forester", that engine serendipitously ending up back at the club where it was built.

Last time it was here we described this one thusly:

Standard of workmanship is very good throughout, fit and finish of the motionwork and valve gear is excellent, with nice detailing including castellated nuts, taper pins and turned lubricators throughout the running gear. The engine runs well in both directions on air.

Boiler had had a twice working pressure hydraulic shell test for thirty minutes - whilst structurally sound, there is a small bead forming at the dome flange which will require repair.

After selling in 2018 the new owner had the boiler tested by his club inspector with new certification issued - the steam test has since expired, hydraulic test expires in June 2022.

Since arriving back with us we've re-tested the boiler - we still consider it structurally sound, although with the same leak at the dome flange it had when last sold.

The engine runs on air, there's a clip of it in the workshop here.