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Paddy'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 2 1/5" 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 Neil Allen's NA.
TYPE Steam, 2-6-2T
BOILER - WORKING PRESSURE 690 kPa ( 100 p.s.i. )
LENGTH 1.53m ( 5' ) WIDTH 51m ( 1' 8" )
HEIGHT 66cm ( 2' 2" ) WEIGHT 407kg ( 8cwt )
WHEELS 19cm ( 7.5" ) BUILDER Paddy Murphy
OWNER Paddy Murphy INTRODUCED 1979
ROAD NUMBER 6A STATUS In Service