{"product_id":"10-14-inch-gauge-vbt-locomotive-stock-code-6033","title":"10 1\/4 inch gauge VBT locomotive","description":"\u003cp\u003eI was taken with this from the first time I saw it, it's caused not a little  interest in the workshop since it arrived (amongst both residents and  visitors).    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilt over a twenty year period, this is the work of a highly capable, not to  say imaginative engineer (his garden features, amongst other things, a full-size  steam hammer, built around the cylinder from a large steam pump, with which he  forged his own fence pailings...). Conceived as an 0-4-0 tram locomotive for 10  1\/4 inch gauge, it's a \"plausible\" rather than \"scale\"  design - I think he's pulled it off with great style.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteam is supplied by the steel cross tube boiler, 100 psi working pressure -  it was commercially built for the project in the 1990s. Motive power is courtesy  of a 1906 Locomobile engine, twin cylinder with slide valves. Wheels have been  rough turned and await fitting to axles - although intended as a 10 1\/4 inch  gauge engine, it could be run as anything from 7 1\/4 to 12 1\/4 - the axleboxes  are fitted with roller bearings ready to fit the wheelsets. There are a quantity  of new sprockets and chain.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis would not take a great deal of work or money to complete. It's an  interesting concept, well-executed and nicely detailed, which would make a  useful sized engine capable of negotiating tight curves - what better excuse  would you need to start laying 10 1\/4 in gauge track in the garden?    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHydraulic test 22-Nov-2013 TP 200psi WP 100psi    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLength 59 inches\u003cbr\u003e  Width 27 inches\u003cbr\u003e  Height 47 inches  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54009860227413,"sku":"6033","price":10500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/6033-1.webp?v=1779899395","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/10-14-inch-gauge-vbt-locomotive-stock-code-6033","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}