Lot Essay
The tender, although correct for the locomotive, is painted in the style adopted later by the LSWR
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A Bing for Bassett-Lowke Gauge IV spirit-fired steam LSWR 4-4-0 locomotive No. 7096 and six-wheel tender
painted in lined green, fitted with twin double-acting cylinders reversing from cab, smoke box regulator wheel, safety valve and usual steam fittings, circa 1903 (F, some burning to one side splasher, and deterioration to paint finish, some general wear, tender coal rails and toolbox lid missing, damage to couplings slot on foreplate, couplings replaced)
painted in lined green, fitted with twin double-acting cylinders reversing from cab, smoke box regulator wheel, safety valve and usual steam fittings, circa 1903 (F, some burning to one side splasher, and deterioration to paint finish, some general wear, tender coal rails and toolbox lid missing, damage to couplings slot on foreplate, couplings replaced)
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