{"product_id":"1-inch-scale-freelance-traction-engine-stock-code-2860","title":"1 inch scale freelance traction engine","description":"\u003cp\u003eA particularly finely-made traction engine to a freelance design (although I  think it has shades of Foster about it). Built in 1952 by an engineer now in his  nineties, it is still in excellent mechanical condition, as you would expect  given that it has been in his hands since completion.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilt as a two speed, four shaft agricultural engine with winch and  differential, it has a coal-fired copper boiler fed by a mechanical  pump with bypass.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI won't waffle on about this one - I think it's a lovely thing and have tried  to show that in the pictures. The paintwork is, well, fifty years old now and  has a certain patina, the tyres are probably no longer road legal. Having said  that, it runs virtually silently and is in super mechanical condition. We ran it  around the yard this morning - it will trundle along in low gear with a  surprising amount of power, in high gear it flies given half a chance.  Everything works as it was designed to, the boiler steams well and the engine  runs particularly smoothly.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's rare to get a well-detailed freelance engine, the things I particularly  like on this one include:  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e    \u003cli\u003eOpening toolbox beneath the running board    \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinely proportioned steering wheel cut from the solid    \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlast pipe flanged and bolted to the smokebox    \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePump return is a small metal funnel with gauze filter in tender    \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTiny expansion loop put into the mechanical lubricator pipework    \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSide opening ashpan damper door actuated by a bronze-bushed lever    \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWedged and cottered big end    \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinely proportioned motion work\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe engine is in good running order but is not the thing for hacking around  the back garden with the kids. Proportions of many of the parts are fine  bordering on delicate, it is looking for a quiet retirement on a warm sideboard  with the occasional steam-up so it remembers what it was built for.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLength 19 inches\u003cbr\u003e  Weight 30 pounds\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54009941164373,"sku":"2860","price":2450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/1-inch-scale-freelance-traction-engine-stock-code-2860","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}