{"product_id":"3-12-inch-gauge-hawksworth-county-stock-code-3811","title":"3 1\/2 inch gauge Hawksworth County","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eAn interesting old engine that has spent many years languishing  semi-dismantled in a cellar (I don't know what it is about small basement rooms,  but I seem to be having a run of cellar-emptying recently, although after  extracting a 10 1\/4 inch gauge Pacific from one four weeks ago I sent Kevin to  get this one).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eA Hawksworth \"County\", the engine designed by Collet's  successor at Swindon after the war comprising what was basically a modified Hall  chassis under a Stanier 8F boiler. They built 30, all cut up by the end of  steam, although regular readers of the steam railway magazines will know that  there is a new one being built at Didcot, using (unsurprisingly) a  Hall chassis with an 8F boiler, both donated by hulks deemed economically  unrestorable.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eSteve had a day fettling this one in the workshop and sorting  through the boxes of bits - basically its complete as you see it here, there is  also a cab and safety valve bonnet. Running boards are long gone - they are  distinctive \"paddle box\" type things.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe boiler has had a hydraulic test to 160psi and is sound,  we've run the engine in the workshop - perversely whilst the handpump and  crosshead pump are feeble and require stripping and cleaning, the injector works  beautifully, it was in steam for half an hour running happily and maintaining  pressure easily. Cylinders are fitted with piston valves, there is a large  mechanical lubricator behind the buffer beam.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eOverall a worthwhile project which would repaint into a  fine-looking example of a rarely-modelled prototype.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nMiyGalnnMc\u0026amp;feature=channel_page\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThere's  a clip of it running here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eLength\u003cbr\u003e  Locomotive 29 inches\u003cbr\u003e  Tender 19 inches\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eDriving wheels 4 3\/4 inch diameter\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019207233877,"sku":"3811","price":1900.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/3811-1.webp?v=1779902919","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/3-12-inch-gauge-hawksworth-county-stock-code-3811","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}