{"product_id":"3-12-inch-gauge-tich-stock-code-3287","title":"3 1\/2 inch gauge \"Tich\"","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eA well-made example of LBSC's \"Tich\", the first engine  built by a man from a model engineering family who has himself gone  on to be a professional modeller.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eSilver soldered superheated copper boiler, feed by axle pump  with auxiliary hand pump in the side tank. Before anybody writes in that there's  an injector as well, there is but it appears more for ornamental purposes than  any serious intention to get water in the boiler (he says bitterly, a beaten  man...). Working pressure 80psi. Gunmetal cylinders with slide valves operated  by Walschaert's reversing gear with pole reverser in cab. Mechanical lubricator  behind front buffer beam.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eUsed over the years by its builder, the engine has been well  looked after and comes complete with a fitted wooden travelling box. I'm always  amazed at quite how fast a well-built Tich will go on its two inch wheels - on  my rainy day portable track set up in the workshop this afternoon, it was a  close-run thing first time I opened the regulator whether me or the engine would  make it to the other end of the bench first.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019998712149,"sku":"3287","price":995.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/3287-1.webp?v=1779909324","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/3-12-inch-gauge-tich-stock-code-3287","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}