Philadelphia 4-6-0

During the First World War, the British Government placed an order in America for a quantity of 495, 2ft gauge 4-6-0T locomotives. All were built and delivered between the autumn of 1916 and the spring of 1917. The design followed standard American practice. Weight in working order was 14 tons.

Many of these locomotives, including Philadelphia, were sent to France for use on military duties. Philadelphia eventually found her way to Australia where she was converted to a tender loco for use in the sugar cane fields of Queensland. She has now been preserved as an oil burner, and runs on the Dreamland site in Queensland.

Available in green, black, blue or red for Gauge 0 or Gauge 1. Gauge 1 versions are supplied with insulated wheels. It comes with both boiler and gas tank certificates.

Technical specifications

• Scale 1:20.3 (15mm to 1’)
• Length: (680mm)
• Height: (195mm)
• Width: (115mm)
• Minimum working radius: 4" (1.22m).
• Weight dry: 16lb (7.2kg)
• Weight working: 18lb (8.2kg)
• 4-6-0 inside framed chassis, internally gas fired (LPG Propane/Butane mix 70/30) with ceramic burner.
• Working tender with hand water pump and large refillable gas tank fitted with gas regulator
• Cross-tubed centre flue copper boiler with water level gauge, pressure gauge safety valve, refill valve
• Lubricator
• Lost wax brass cast chimney & smoke box door, whistle and head lamp
• (Optional) 4 channel Radio Control, 40 Mhz with rechargeable batteries & charger
• Radio controlled steam whistle
• Gauge: 32mm or 45mm, with spoked wheels (45mm gauge insulated), sprung axle boxes and bronze bushed connecting & coupling rods.