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Neil's 6a
The locomotive is a model of the well known "Puffing Billy" engines still operating on the tourist railway out of Belgrave, Victoria. The model is a scale 3" to a foot with inside Stephenson's gear operating slide valves in outside steam chests as in the full size locomotives. The loco is painted black with red buffer beams. The loco has a 4 wheel "driving Tender". This loco carries the same road number as Paddy Murphy's
TYPE Steam, 2-6-2T -
BOILER WORKING PRESSURE 930 kPa ( 135 p.s.i. )
LENGTH 2.16m ( 7' 1" ) WIDTH 67m ( 2' 2.5" )
HEIGHT 84cm ( 2' 9" ) WEIGHT 762kg ( 15cwt )
WHEELS 22.9cm ( 9" ) BUILDER Neil Allen with David Memphill and friends
OWNER Brett Allen INTRODUCED 1982
ROAD NUMBER 6A STATUS In Service when revisiting