N Gauge Coalbrookdale Engine (Working)

Steam pioneer Richard Trevithick is most famously associated with his 1804 Pen-y-Darren locomotive – the first engine to haul a train.  However, in 1802 he designed his Coalbrookdale Engine, the first of his plateway designs.  Whether it was actually built or not is unknown, but nonetheless it holds the accolade as the first ever steam railway locomotive.  

This model is a kit of parts capable of producing an unpowered but working rendition of the Coalbrookdale engine complete with a strip of scale plateway track (it being incompatible with regular N track).  Details of construction can be found in the video below.  Also available is a matching truck and further plateway track, enabling construction of a complete diorama.  

Necessary to Complete:
0.5mm pins (measurements below)
Weight
1mm plastic strip (for connecting rods)

The respective axle/rod measurements depending on how far the pilot holes are re-drilled are approximately:
Wheel axles – 7.5mm
Flywheel/crank axle – 9.5mm
Piston slide bars – 10mm
Piston rod – 11mm

I hope you enjoy this unusual and eye-catching model.