{"product_id":"3-12-inch-gauge-achilles-0-6-0t-stock-code-11491","title":"Vintage 3 1\/2 inch gauge freelance 0-6-0T","description":"A venerable example of a freelance 0-6-0T, built in 1952 and anticipating the proportions and style of Dick Simmonds' \"Achilles\" design.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Built by a prolific model engineer of considerable ability, to 5 inch gauge dimensions but running on 3 1\/2 inch gauge track - presumably to suit an existing railway. Whatever the reason, it makes for a heavy locomotive for this gauge, weighing in at the best part of a hundredweight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    The engine was run and driven by its builder for many years - the more remarkable given that the man had lost an arm, his facility in the workshop and on the track a lesson to the rest of us!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Last used in 2002, from when we have club certification, the boiler - now just over seventy years old - is life expired with a variety of leaks from firebox stays and foundation ring.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019175317845,"sku":"11491","price":795.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/11491-1.webp?v=1779902525","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/3-12-inch-gauge-achilles-0-6-0t-stock-code-11491","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}