15” for sale on ebay

not me selling

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/132965246859

 

Not much left to actually call it a loco!

I'm not surprised the boiler is new and unused - something about it doesn't look right!


Keith

 

It looks....odd. Can't put my finger on it but something doesn't look right

 

The frames and wheels look very odd. My grandfather built a 7 1/4 inch loco so I know what it looked like when it was the frames and wheels, they were much more substantial.

Firebox/boiler looks very odd as well.

 

There are no crank bosses on the wheels and a rather strange long cylinder between the frames.

 

Caveat emptor!

 

It’s certainly a very strange looking beast.

There appears to be a single inclined cylinder between the frames which is presumably driving a single axle. No sign of any connecting rods or other motion. A firebox with no water space (so just relying on the boiler barrel to heat water).

It occurs to me that it looks like a scaled up Mamod toy locomotive. . . .

 

Is that cylinder really intended to drive it? Does not look to my amateur observer's eye to be man enough! Very odd proportions bore versus stroke. I wondered if it was intended as valve gear?

I also wondered if the "loco" was intended as a dummy to be propelled by a motorised tender?

 

I also wondered that, but it seems a lot of extra effort to add 'stuff' between the frames and boiler tubes that won't be seen for just a dummy loco. It looks to me as if that boiler was intended to be used (but apparently designed by someone who had no real idea what they were doing).

 

Expensive way to get some wheels if you ask me...

 

It is an axke driven water pump

 

It's been relisted, apparently due to a timewaster. There were 5 bids from 2 bidders on the original listing resulting in a final price of £450.00

New listing: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/132994090144?ViewItem=&item=132994090144
Start price of 99p and it already has a bid from someone at that price....

Keith

 

At least it's a more realistic price this time.