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A 12.7 cm. (5 inch) gauge model of the Great Northern railways 4-2-2 express locomotive, engineered by Patrick Stirling
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A 12.7 cm. (5 inch) gauge model of the Great Northern railways 4-2-2 express locomotive, engineered by Patrick Stirling

BUILT BY J. CARLING, 20TH CENTURY

细节
A 12.7 cm. (5 inch) gauge model of the Great Northern railways 4-2-2 express locomotive, engineered by Patrick Stirling
BUILT BY J. CARLING, 20TH CENTURY
With realistic details, spirit-fired boiler, and tender, with brass plaque inscribed GREAT NORTHERN R COY J CARLING 1902 BUILDER MIDDLESBOROUGH, on a 152 cm. long presentation track
136 cm. long
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拍品专文

Patrick Stirling was Chief Engineer of the Great Northern Railways when he designed and built a 4-2-2 express locomotive in 1870. In all 53 locomotives of this type were built, they hauled trains daily from London to York at an average speed of 87 kilometres per hour.