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5 inch gauge Stirling 8 foot Single - stock code 11164

Parts and castings for a 5 inch gauge Stirling 8 foot single, close to a hundredweight in total, comprising:

  • Profiled locomotive and tender frames
  • Gunmetal cylinder set castings
  • Front bogie
  • Locomotive and tender wheel castings, some machined
  • Wooden split patterns for chimney and safety valve cover
  • Main horns and axleboxes machined
  • Reverser stand complete with hand wheel, Acme screw and bronze nut
  • Smokebox with front and rear rings
  • Machined buffers and couplings
  • Mechanical lubricator
  • Machined tender horns
  • Leaf springs
  • Locomotive brake gear
  • Machined connecting rods complete with crosheads
  • Quantity small parts including regulator handle, smokebox door handles etc

Work to date is to a good standard, drawings and remaining castings are available from Reeves.

A supremely handsome design, nobody can need reminding of what the thing looks like when finished (but if you do, have a look in the archive here).

length/inches 31
width/inches 12
height/inches 12
weight/kg 48
wheel material cast iron
cylinder material gunmetal
lubricator type mechanical