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Ivor is based upon Roger Marsh’s Tinkerbell class locomotive and was built by Tony Crowhurst of Crowhurst Engineering in Kent.

Ivor was designed to accommodate a larger driver with a fully enclosed cab and finished in Great Eastern Blue.

The engine was completed in 1997 and built in memory of the owner’s wife, Margaret.

The locomotive became a resident at Moors Valley in 2000.

  • Builder: T Crowhurst, 1997
  • Dimensions: Length 68 ins  Width 28 ins  Height 52 ins
  • Wheel diameters: Driving 10 ins  Trailing 5 ins
  • Number of tubes: 31 x ⅝ ins diameter
  • Grate area: 58 in2
  • Coal capacity: 14 lbs
  • Water capacity: 10 gallons
  • Boiler diameter: 12¾ ins
  • Boiler pressure: 100 lbs/in2
  • Valve gear: Heywood
  • Cylinder bore: 3 ins
  • Cylinder stroke: 4¼ ins
  • Tractive effort: 325 lbs
  • Livery: Great Eastern Blue