An elderly 5 inch gauge "Rail Motor" to the Don Young design, complete with a similarly elderly boiler with fittings - the failure of which we assume to be the reason for the strip down - along with a very nicely made replacement, completed in 1979 but unused and in excellent condition.
Complete with copies of the original construction series in "Model Engineer".
| length/inches |
20 + 16 |
| width/inches |
9 |
| height/inches |
12 |
| wheel material |
cast iron |
| axlebox type |
plain bearing |
| cylinder material |
cast iron |
| valve type |
slide |
| valve gear |
Walschaerts |
| reverser type |
pole |
| year built |
1979 |
| boiler maker |
A.W.Thorne |
| CE mark |
n/a - non-commercial |
| working pressure/psi |
80 |
| boiler type |
locomotive |
| boiler material |
copper |
| boiler construction |
silver soldered |