{"product_id":"10-14-inch-gauge-gwr-saint-augustine-stock-code-5420","title":"10 1\/4 inch gauge GWR Saint Augustine","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe description below formed part of a blog I wrote when I first bought \"Saint Augustine\" back in 2012. It's been with me ever since, used occasionally.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e  \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e  \u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e  \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eWith a commitment to 15 inch gauge on my own railway, time came to move it on - the Saint had been out on loan while we rebuilt David Curwen's \"Loyalty\", when we returned the 4-4-0 its owner decided he couldn't live without the Saint as well; it was the ideal time to let it go to a good home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/div\u003e  \u003cdiv\u003e    \u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e      \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eI bought this engine over a year ago - indeed we took it to   Harrogate Show the week after it arrived - but until last week had not had a chance   to give it a decent length run. Then, through the good   offices of Richard Coleby, I was kindly invited to Stapleford Park   for a day out with the engine - Sam and I loaded it up at the crack of   dawn yesterday morning and trundled across to arrive there at 10 o'clock, the   engine shed already busy with their own Saint in steam, the Niagara   ready to be fired and the much modifed Curwen \"John H Gretton\" running   the first train of the day.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eSuffice to say that we had a truly memorable day, spoke to lots   of interesting people and greatly enjoyed driving on this challenging two mile   circuit which I first visited as a boy with my parents forty years ago - \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VL1KBvC7DPw\u0026amp;list=UUMH5KYPxgbAIawRKQCjPw1w\u0026amp;index=1\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ethere's   some video that Sam took here.\u003c\/a\u003e My thanks to Richard for inviting us and Bob   Moore for his help during the day (not to mention a tour around his workshop and   current projects which would have been worth going for alone). Only   disappointment of the day was missing out on double-heading the two Saints which   had been much-anticipated - in the end \"Hampton Court\" was retired   with a leaking gauge fitting just as we came on. At the end of the day it was   brought up from the steaming bays to the station for a photocall standing   alongside \"St A\" - I've never seen so many cameras!\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\"Saint Augustine\" was designed and built by Neil Simkins for   Lord Braybrooke - completed in 2003 it was rated by the builder as his finest   engine, a beautifully made thing which goes every bit as well as it looks.   It had occasional use at Audley End (where their public hauling is handled by   two huge American narrow gauge engines by Curwen and a large diesel-hydraulic)   and is in substantially as-new condition throughout, both mechanically and   cosmetically.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eSteel boiler by TRS Boilers, expanded tubes, fusible plug.   150psi working pressure, feed by injector and axle pump. Cast iron cylinders   with piston valves actuated by Stephenson's gear with standard Swindon   locking-type screw reverser in cab, twin pump mechanical lubricator behind   buffer beam. Steam brakes, with screw-down brake on the tender. The engine was   built at 2 3\/8 inches to the foot to match Audley End's Curwen-built Great   Western \"Polar Star\" - as such, it is slightly larger than   \"Hampton Court\".\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eStapleford Park is a private railway, however they open to the   public twice each year, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.fsmr.org.uk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003edetails   are on their website\u003c\/a\u003e. This year they have events in June and August - I   thoroughly recommend a visit.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019037331797,"sku":"5420","price":70000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/5420-1.webp?v=1779901308","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/10-14-inch-gauge-gwr-saint-augustine-stock-code-5420","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}