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Dismantled 5 inch gauge Rail Motor with new boiler - stock code 8064

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