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7 1/4 inch narrow gauge Hunslet "Louisa" - stock code 11820

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7 1/4 inch narrow gauge Hunslet "Louisa"
7 1/4 inch narrow gauge Hunslet "Louisa"
7 1/4 inch narrow gauge Hunslet "Louisa"
7 1/4 inch narrow gauge Hunslet "Louisa"
7 1/4 inch narrow gauge Hunslet "Louisa"
7 1/4 inch narrow gauge Hunslet "Louisa"
7 1/4 inch narrow gauge Hunslet "Louisa"
7 1/4 inch narrow gauge Hunslet "Louisa"
7 1/4 inch narrow gauge Hunslet "Louisa"
7 1/4 inch narrow gauge Hunslet "Louisa"
7 1/4 inch narrow gauge Hunslet "Louisa"
7 1/4 inch narrow gauge Hunslet "Louisa"
An early stage 7 1/4 inch narrow gauge Hunslet 0-4-0ST "Louisa", works number 195 supplied new to the Dinorwic Quarries in 1877.

From a time when the classic "Quarry Hunslet" design was still evolving, to our eyes the point when Hunslet and Manning Wardle took different forks in the narrow gauge evolutionary tree.

Built to 3 inch scale, work to date is to an exceptional standard, comprising:

  • Erected frames
  • Machined wheels, with broached keyways
  • Prototypical pattern eccentric sheaves, with broached keyways for location on axle
  • Part-machined gunmetal eccentric straps
  • Gunmetal axle boxes
  • Axles
  • Drawings
    • length/inches 40
    width/inches 19
    height/inches 7
    weight/kg 39