{"product_id":"3-12-inch-gauge-alco-mountaineer-chassis-with-cylinders-stock-code-8329","title":"3 1\/2 inch gauge Alco \"Mountaineer\" chassis with cylinders","description":"A part-built chassis for an Alco 2-6-2T to Don Young's \"Mountaineer\" design, drawn up during his visits to the Ffestiniog Railway in the early 1970s.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Work thus far is to a good standard, the chassis is complete with wheels and coupling rods, gunmetal cylinders and valve chests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    From here the chassis could be got up to air-running with little further expenditure other than time in the workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    As always with narrow gauge models, the design produces a large engine for the gauge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    If you need inspiration to get out into the workshop, there are pictures of several in the archive, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/3-12-inch-gauge-mountaineer-stock-code-5947\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eincluding a good one we sold back in 2013.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    The build was serialised in \"Model Engineer\" magazine starting in 1973, drawings and castings \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.ajreeves.com\/mountaineer.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eare still available from Reeves.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54020077879637,"sku":"8329","price":495.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/8329-1.webp?v=1779910541","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/3-12-inch-gauge-alco-mountaineer-chassis-with-cylinders-stock-code-8329","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}