PADDY
Technical Data:
| Builder: Wilbrighton | Cylinders: 6” x 8” |
| No: 2 | Weight: 4½ tons |
| Year: 2008 | Livery: Green |
| Wheel dia.: 1’ 8¼” | Loco wheelbase: 4’ 0” |
| Tank capacity: 50 galls | Boiler pressure: 120psi |
| Tractive effort at 85% B.P.: 1450 lbs | Approximate Horsepower: 20 hp |
Paddy has been newly built by our member Dave Potter and friends and is a vertical-boilered design based around an existing steam piling engine and a Clarkson Thimble boiler. The general arrangement is of an outside framed 0-4-0, with the two cylinder engine sitting vertically on the frames ahead of the boiler, and driving the leading axle through spur gears. All the water and coal are carried on the tender. As many original components as possible are used, including a regulator from a steam crane, and a prominent water feed pump on the footplate. However, the loco frames, wheelsets and tender are all newly constructed. Paddy arrived in an almost complete condition on 18th July 2007, and has since been completed and steam tested, finally being passed by the Railway Inspector for passenger operation in June 2009. Paddy has already had working visits to Belgium and to Wicksteed Park. The loco has a brake valve for the air brakes, and the completed loco is certainly full of character and performs very well on our line.
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Version: 01 03 March 2010 updated by John Wilcock