{"id":4180,"date":"1920-11-28T00:03:03","date_gmt":"1920-11-28T00:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/?p=4180"},"modified":"2020-11-28T01:54:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T01:54:06","slug":"quarry-hunslet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/?p=4180","title":{"rendered":"7 1\/4″ Gauge Quarry Hunslet"},"content":{"rendered":"

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7 1\/4″ Gauge Quarry Hunslet<\/h3>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The very last train to San Fernando!!<\/p>\n

This 7 1\/4″ gauge Hunslet is a 4″ scale model of LILLA built circa 1890 for the Cilgwyn Quarry but is now still in operating condition for the Ffestiniog Railway.<\/p>\n

This model was started by BMES member about 25 years ago. The completed chassis and castings were purchased at a later date by another BMES member but no further work was done until I purchased it in 2005.<\/p>\n

I commenced work on it about 2008, the boiler is steel, built in my own workshop and welded by a very skilled retired professional boiler welder, fortunately I have a 3 phase electric supply. It has a club hydraulic certificate to 110 psi and also a commercial test to same value.<\/p>\n

All paintwork below footplate is completed.<\/p>\n

The engine is now ready to run and was expected to be steaming this summer, but a rather over rapid roofing exit, followed by covid, prevented this. Let’s hope for better luck in 2020.<\/p>\n

Ps the engine weighs approx 450kg wet.<\/p>\n

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<- Back to exhibits 7 1\/4″ Gauge Quarry Hunslet   The very last train to San Fernando!! This 7 1\/4″ gauge Hunslet is a 4″ scale model of LILLA built circa 1890 for the Cilgwyn Quarry but is now still in operating condition for the Ffestiniog Railway. This model was started by BMES member about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virtual-exhibition-2020"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4180"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4214,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4180\/revisions\/4214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}