{"product_id":"2-12-inch-gauge-gwr-grange-stock-code-4928","title":"2 1\/2 inch gauge GWR Grange","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:normal\"\u003eA 2 ½ inch gauge Great Western  4-6-0 to LBSC's “Purley Grange” design, first published in 1937 and  serialised in the “Model Engineer”.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:normal\"\u003eThis is an old engine which  appears to be in the throes of a “strip and repaint” job which has stalled  (a not uncommon occurrence, as regular readers here will know – I think more  engines end their lives during a well-intentioned overhaul than ever they wear  out on the track). The tender has been stripped and repainted into what I  imagine is an undercoat for Brunswick Green, the locomotive has been stripped  but\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eonly the cab repainted.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:normal\"\u003eIt pushes along freely, main  steam feed from boiler to cylinders needs reconnecting in the smokebox.  Motionwork is well worn and could use at least some serious cleaning up. Boiler  is silver-soldered copper with soft solder calking to stays, standard  construction when the design came out – feed is by an axle pump, with a hand  pump in the tender.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCylinders are  in gunmetal, slide valves actuated by Stephenson's gear.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:normal\"\u003eIt looks a bit sorry for itself  at the moment but, with the repaint finished, wheels into black and rods  polished, it would make an attractive model.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height:normal\"\u003eLength\u003cbr\u003e  Locomotive 20 inches\u003cbr\u003e  Tender 13 inches\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54020106322261,"sku":"4928","price":895.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/4928-1.webp?v=1779910707","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/2-12-inch-gauge-gwr-grange-stock-code-4928","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}