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Loco Specifications

Loco specifications

**** = prototype variations - spec will depend upon the loco ordered

Gauge

1

Options

3

Differences only shown

45mm/1.77"

63.5mm/2.5"

for Gauge 3

Scale &

Ready to run

1:32

1:22.6

Format

Kits & etches

1:32, 10mm:1’

1:22.6

castings

1:32, 10mm:1’ (not all)

1:22.6

Steam generation

Boiler

multi-tube

coal or gas fired

coal fired

superheated

Boiler fittings

Blower

Regulator

Water gauge (with blow-down)

Fire doors

pressure gauge

whistle

Water feed

crosshead-driven pump

bypass valve - lever in cab

initial boiler fill via syringe

Top feed (where fitted) is dummy

Cylinders, valvegear etc.

Reverser ****

lever

screw-reverse

Valvegear

Stephenson's

split & bolted big-ends

exact match of prototype

except:-

no exceptions

slight beefing up of components to give extra strength and allow bolt fitting

Crank axle ****

unbalanced

balanced OR

Stroudley pattern - unbalanced

Cylinders - stroke

0.8" (20.3mm)

1.13" (28.7mm)

Cylinders - bore

0.5" (12.7mm)

0.7" (17.9mm)

Cylinders - seals

Viton O-rings

Valves

Piston

Valve glands

Viton O-rings

Draincocks

operated by lever in cab

Coupling rods ****

fluted

plain

Lubrication

Displacement lubricator under front footplate

Oil wells in axleboxes etc. for syringe filling

Frames etc.

Suspension

Coil springs in each axlebox

Bogie ****

Dean swing-link (fully functional)

Churchward   / De Glehn

short wheelbase

long wheelbase (larger wheels)

18 variations

10-spoke wheels

Frame depth and patches vary with loco class and age

Drivers ****

22-spokes

18-spokes

variable balance weights (position and size)

Frame patches

depends on loco and age

Smokebox ****

Short

Extended

Buffers

Dean pattern - sprung

Couplings

Screw - working

Tender

Type ****

3000 gallon - fenders

3000 gallon - railed

2000 to 3500 gallons

Dome / filler ****

separate

combined

Wheels

12-spoke

Suspension

Coil springs in each axlebox

Handbrake

working

Water scoop handle

dummy

working

Steam brake

dummy

Parts count

Loco

More than 610, including over 280 castings

Tender

More than 290, including over 110 castings

Total

More than 900, including over 400 castings

Locomotive classes available

Name

Number of locos in class

Duke

60

Bulldogs (curly frames)

41

Bulldogs (straight frames)

100

Birds