{"product_id":"4-12-inch-gauge-burrell-agricultural-stock-code-5461","title":"4 1\/2 inch gauge Burrell agricultural","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eI first saw this engine nearly ten years ago when it was only  five years old - the work of a talented retired engineer. I bought it, his \u003ca href=\"\/products\/archive\/2310\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003esingle  crank roller \u003c\/a\u003eand \u003ca href=\"\/products\/archive\/2316\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFoden  wagon\u003c\/a\u003e on the same day - my friend Bob (who owned a ten ton Aveling at the  time) and I collected them one sunny afternoon.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe engine has been in and out couple of times in the years since,  usually being part-exhanged against something bigger, smaller or on rails - the quality has always shone through, it's always run well and been a  particularly nice Burrell to drive.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThis time round, it's turned up again as a part-exchange in  reduced circumstances - very grubby, one ashpan pin missing, injector doesn't  work, pump barely does, all glands leaking copiously... Do you remember that  bit in \"Black Beauty\" where the horse is sold to the villain Skinner  who runs a low-end hackney cab business and thrashes his horses?\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eSteel boiler by Franklin \u0026amp; Bell fed by crank-driven  mechanical pump and injector, 100psi working pressure. Single cylinder with  slide valve, mechanical lubricator, Stephenson's valve gear with pole reverser  on the footplate. Two speed with differential and winch behind nearside rear  wheel, wheels are rubber-tyred.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eDespite its privations, the engine still goes well - I ran it  this morning and took it down the road, safety valves feathering. It needs work  to bring it back to the state it deserves - to see what the engine should look  like there are \u003ca href=\"\/products\/stock%20pages\/3778\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003epictures  in the archive\u003c\/a\u003e of it in 2009 when it was last here.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2N6PVsxma4k\u0026amp;feature=g-upl\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThere's  a clip of it running in the yard this morning here\u003c\/a\u003e - I'm on my own today so  no \"action shots\" of anybody driving I'm afraid, just the engine  ticking over outside the workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eHydraulic test @150psi, 24-Mar-2011\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54020065919317,"sku":"5461","price":10500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/5461-1.webp?v=1779910352","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/4-12-inch-gauge-burrell-agricultural-stock-code-5461","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}