{"product_id":"2-12-inch-gauge-uranus-4-8-2-stock-code-10353","title":"2 1\/2 inch gauge \"Ursa Maximus\" 4-8-2","description":"\u003cfont color=\"red\"\u003e  We're indebted to Bill Edmonson who has kindly pointed out that \"Uranus\" is actually \"Ursa Major\" - designed at around the same time, by the same Joslin\/LBSC partnership.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    A part-built 2 1\/2 inch gauge 4-8-2, based on the Joslin\/LBSC design for a three cylinder 4-8-2 \"Mountain\" locomotive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    James Joslin of Canada and LBSC had a long-running correspondence; prior to \"Ursa Maximus\" he had commissioned the 4-8-4T design which was to become \"Helen Long\", published in 1927. LBSC described the new design as \"A shock for Swindon\"!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Work to date is to a good standard, and comprises:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e    \u003cli\u003eRolling chassis with coupling rods, motion brackets and expansion links, crank axle, centre cylinder erected\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eOutside cylinder assemblies machined, complete with pistons, valves, rods and guides\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eQuantity of valve gear, including radius rods\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eSmokebox assembly, machined chimney casting\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eCombustion chamber boiler\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eEight wheel bogie tender with hand pump\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003e  Still plenty of work to do, but an interesting and, nowadays, very rarely seen model (\"Helen Longs\" aren't much more common either, we've had one complete engine and two part-builts in the last twenty years).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    A large locomotive, it weighs in at just over half a hundredweight in its current state. \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.n25ga.org\/Shop\/Drawings\/Ursa%20Maximus.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCopies of the original drawings\u003c\/a\u003e are still available from the National 2 1\/2 inch gauge Association.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019043459413,"sku":"10353","price":795.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/10353-1.webp?v=1779901349","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/2-12-inch-gauge-uranus-4-8-2-stock-code-10353","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}