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Auction archive: Lot number 40

A well engineered model of a 5 inch gauge Britannia class 4-6-2 tender Locomotive …

Auction 28.09.2016
28 Sep 2016
Estimate
£11,000 - £12,000
ca. US$14,472 - US$15,788
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 40

A well engineered model of a 5 inch gauge Britannia class 4-6-2 tender Locomotive …

Auction 28.09.2016
28 Sep 2016
Estimate
£11,000 - £12,000
ca. US$14,472 - US$15,788
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

A well engineered model of a 5 inch gauge Britannia class 4-6-2 tender Locomotive ‘Boadicea’ No 70036, built by Mr Stuart Davies and completed in 2013. It has been run four times since completion. The copper super-heated copper boiler with fittings including pressure gauge, sight glass, regulator, direction control, cab controlled drain cocks and injector. The chassis with twin outside cylinders having Walschaert’s valve gear, fluted motion and axle driven water pump. The six wheel tender fitted with hand operated feed pump, detailed rivet-work and fitted ladder to rear. The model finished in British Railways green lined livery with fitted smoke deflectors, steps and hand rails. Length 192cm Cab width 25cm Boiler History: Boiler Identity No SF/540/TSR 70036. Southern Federation of Model Engineering Societies Boiler Test Records. Hydraulic Test pressure 150 psi valid until the 18th of September 2017. Steam test 90 psi Expired 18th of November 2014. * The original full size locomotive was built at Crewe in December 1952 and withdrawn from service December 1966. BR Standard Class 7 locomotives, otherwise known as the Britannia Class, is a class of 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive designed by Robert Riddles for use by British Railways for mixed traffic duties. Fifty-five were constructed between 1951 and 1954. The design was a result of the 1948 locomotive exchanges undertaken in advance of further locomotive classes being constructed. Three batches were constructed at Crewe Works, before the publication of the 1955 Modernisation Plan The Britannia Class was based on several previous LMS locomotive designs, and also significantly influenced by the Bulleid SR Pacifics, notably in the boiler and rear truck design, incorporating the best practices in locomotive technology as regards labour saving and lowering maintenance costs; various weight-saving measures also increased the route availability of a Pacific -type locomotive on the British Railways network. The Britannias received a positive reception from their crews, with those regularly operating the locomotives giving them favourable reports as regards performance. However, trials in some areas of the British Railway network returned negative feedback, primarily due to indifferent operation of the locomotive, with its effects on adhering to timetables.The Britannias took their names from great Britons, former Star Class locomotives, and Scottish firths . The class remained in service until the last was withdrawn in 1968. Two survived into preservation, the first-of-class, number 70000 Britannia and 70013 Oliver Cromwell . Number 70000 has hauled mainline excursions and 70013, after a period of display following limited steaming, returned to mainline steam in 2008 for the first time since leaving British Railways ownership. 70000 was returned to the main line in 2011.

Auction archive: Lot number 40
Auction:
Datum:
28 Sep 2016
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

A well engineered model of a 5 inch gauge Britannia class 4-6-2 tender Locomotive ‘Boadicea’ No 70036, built by Mr Stuart Davies and completed in 2013. It has been run four times since completion. The copper super-heated copper boiler with fittings including pressure gauge, sight glass, regulator, direction control, cab controlled drain cocks and injector. The chassis with twin outside cylinders having Walschaert’s valve gear, fluted motion and axle driven water pump. The six wheel tender fitted with hand operated feed pump, detailed rivet-work and fitted ladder to rear. The model finished in British Railways green lined livery with fitted smoke deflectors, steps and hand rails. Length 192cm Cab width 25cm Boiler History: Boiler Identity No SF/540/TSR 70036. Southern Federation of Model Engineering Societies Boiler Test Records. Hydraulic Test pressure 150 psi valid until the 18th of September 2017. Steam test 90 psi Expired 18th of November 2014. * The original full size locomotive was built at Crewe in December 1952 and withdrawn from service December 1966. BR Standard Class 7 locomotives, otherwise known as the Britannia Class, is a class of 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive designed by Robert Riddles for use by British Railways for mixed traffic duties. Fifty-five were constructed between 1951 and 1954. The design was a result of the 1948 locomotive exchanges undertaken in advance of further locomotive classes being constructed. Three batches were constructed at Crewe Works, before the publication of the 1955 Modernisation Plan The Britannia Class was based on several previous LMS locomotive designs, and also significantly influenced by the Bulleid SR Pacifics, notably in the boiler and rear truck design, incorporating the best practices in locomotive technology as regards labour saving and lowering maintenance costs; various weight-saving measures also increased the route availability of a Pacific -type locomotive on the British Railways network. The Britannias received a positive reception from their crews, with those regularly operating the locomotives giving them favourable reports as regards performance. However, trials in some areas of the British Railway network returned negative feedback, primarily due to indifferent operation of the locomotive, with its effects on adhering to timetables.The Britannias took their names from great Britons, former Star Class locomotives, and Scottish firths . The class remained in service until the last was withdrawn in 1968. Two survived into preservation, the first-of-class, number 70000 Britannia and 70013 Oliver Cromwell . Number 70000 has hauled mainline excursions and 70013, after a period of display following limited steaming, returned to mainline steam in 2008 for the first time since leaving British Railways ownership. 70000 was returned to the main line in 2011.

Auction archive: Lot number 40
Auction:
Datum:
28 Sep 2016
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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