Aster Gauge 1 Stirling 8-foot single

A factory built Aster gauge 1 Stirling 8 foot single, a supremely elegant class of engines designed by Patrick Stirling and built over a twenty-five year period, from 1870 to 1895, for the Great Northern Railway.

Aster produced a batch of 300 models in 1996 - owners obviously hang onto them, this is the first one we've ever had come in. Much admired in the workshop, you can see why they don't change hands often - there's a bit of a fight going on at the moment for whose bookshelf it's going to sit on while it's here!

This one has come to us from the late owner's son, a one owner engine in excellent condition, unsteamed from new.

Complete with original maker's packaging, documentation including operating instructions, tools, touchup paint and artwork of the original engine.