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7 1/4 inch gauge part-built Black 5 "Highlander" 4-6-0 - stock code 13356

An early stage 7 1/4 inch gauge LMS Black 5 to Martin Evans' popular "Highlander" design.

Comprises:

  • erected frames with horns and roller bearing axleboxes, complete with axles, pumps and eccentrics
  • machined driving and coupled wheels
  • front bogie assembly, complete with wheels and axles
  • set of machined tender wheels
  • erected tender frames
  • machined tender axle boxes
  • machined cast iron cylinders, complete with front and rear covers
  • piston rods with part-machined pistons
  • piston valve bobbins and liners
  • connecting and coupling rod assemblies
  • motion bracket assemblies, complete with expansion links
  • part-machined valve gear, including union links and combination levers
  • pump eccentric rods with straps
  • smokebox assembly
  • crosshead castings
  • buffers
  • engine building stand, allowing rotation of chassis

Disregard the third crosshead casting shown in the pictures - it actually belongs to a different engine entirely, the result of a "blonde moment" our photographer tells us...

Built as one of a pair, work to date is to a good standard.

Parts, castings and drawings are available from Reeves (a complete set of castings currently retailing at a little over £7,000). Our friends at Model Engineers Laser offer a wide range of high quality profiled parts for this design.

If you need some inspiration to get started, we sold a particularly good Highlander back in 2018, an engine that came to us direct from the builder - further information and pictures in the archive.

gauge 7 1/4 inch
length/inches 57 + 36
width/inches 13
height/inches 8 1/2
wheel material cast iron
axlebox type needle roller
cylinder material cast iron
reverser type screw