{"product_id":"2-12-inch-gauge-4-8-4-helen-long-stock-code-4950","title":"2 1\/2 inch gauge 4-8-4 \"Helen Long\"","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eI think I've only had one “Helen Long” in before, so  long ago that I couldn't even find mention of it in the archive this morning.  A collaboration between James Joslin of Canada, who produced the original  general arrangement, and LBSC who did the rest, including building a chassis for  Joslin, this is a large three cylinder 4-8-4T “might have been”. Without  going and digging out the “Model Engineer”s covering the build (late 1920s I  think, somebody will no doubt correct me) I can't remember the exact wording,  but basically It was along the lines of “not a design for the beginner” –  which probably explains the rarity of seeing them today, I suspect few were  built and fewer survive.\u003co:p\u003e  \u003c\/o:p\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis is a largely complete, dismantled engine with a  complete, assembled chassis, a boiler was hydraulic tested back in 2001 –  presumably when the engine was dismantled – and platework which has been  stripped and repainted into black primer. The rear bunker is in brass, obviously  newly made.\u003co:p\u003e  \u003c\/o:p\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIf you aren't already a reader of \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.baggo.copperstream.co.uk\/me\/locos\/25inch\/helen%20longish\/helen.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJohn  Baguley's inspirationally good website\u003c\/a\u003e, it's worth having a look – he  has built a Helen Long (amongst many other things), documented in a blow-by-blow  photo diary. Beautiful quality work and highly lucid writing, gives me something  to aspire to.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019861676373,"sku":"4950","price":795.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/4950-1.webp?v=1779907888","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/2-12-inch-gauge-4-8-4-helen-long-stock-code-4950","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}