Greenfield Heritage Park - steam engine
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Greenfield Heritage Park - steam engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 31 Jul 2022
This is in the Railway Museum that is open once a month in season. It is a Robey horizontal cross compound that was used at the Ruby Brick & Tile Co at Rhydymwyn, Flintshire. It was built in 1903 as serial Nos. 22825-6 and has drop steam valves and grid iron sliding exhaust valves. The cylinders are 13.5" and 21.5" x 2'6" stroke. The flywheel is 11' diameter. As re-erected it is missing a few minor parts - eccentrics, lubricators and handrails for example. This is an interesting survival and it deserves to be much better known. I only learnt about it just before Covid-19 struck and it took me a while to get round to it because of that.
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Image Location
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