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Irish Narrow Gauge - Locomotives - Atkinson-Walker

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Atkinson-Walker Waggons Ltd.

• works: Frenchwood Works, Preston
• 1926: first loco built
• 1931: last loco built
• The Dodo and the Phoenix

Atkinson-Walker: No.114 0-4-0Tractor

• specs:
  • boiler: vertical
  • transmission: geared
  • cylinders: 7"x10"
  • wheelbase: 6'6"
  • grate area: 3.3 sq ft
  • heating surface: 25 + 35 sq ft
  • tank capacity: 500gal
  • bunker capacity: 10cwt
  • weight: 12tons
  • working pressure: 280psi
  • tractive effort: 5700lbs
  • length over cowcatchers: 17'3"
  • length over buffers: 15'6"
  • width: 7'0"
  • height: 9'9"
• 1928: built
• 1929.01: CVR 8
• 1929.03: larger boiler fitted
• 1929: photos: [INGV2 b-6-p21-1929 ]
• 1931.12: sold to CDR, became Railcar No.11 "Phoenix"
• ????: photos: [INGV2 b-6-p21- ]
• modelling:
  • 4mm scale kit from Backwoods Miniatures