not at all bryan, first of all ive got to win the auction and anyfuther information would be appreciated. im very interested and intrigued about the whole subject. mountfeet themselfs or the late frank hinchcliff e was a bit vague about the prototype , all i know is she was built in the early 1900 then she was purchased by the tyne commissioners in 1923. to my knowledge there is only one published photograph of her. i would like to say a big thank you to all that have given help and time .