{"product_id":"4-inch-scale-burrell-scc-roller-stock-code-2310","title":"4 inch scale Burrell SCC roller","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eFor some reasons steamrollers in any scale are a rarity, but  when you get up to four inch scale I doubt that there are more than half a dozen  in the country. I think that they should be more popular - they make a model  that's very comfortable to drive, with none of the light steering you can get  with a four inch agricultural when you have a generous-sized driver on the back.  They sound exactly like a full size roller when they crunch along and do a very  decent job of real, small rolling jobs - my drive hasn't looked so smooth since  Stuart brought his Wallis Advance over. Finally, you can actually go out and  take your Group G roller driving test on one - which is exactly what the  previous owner did with this one (it's road registered with V5 document).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThis engine first came in at the beginning of last year, part of  a collection of four inch engines which I bought from a prolific engineer in the  West Country (you may remember his railway with the magnificent viaduct which I  featured on a news page some time ago). The first traction engine he built was a  4 inch scale Burrell agricultural, next up he decided to do a single crank  compound. Having got started, he thought that, rather than end up with two  agriculturals, he would turn the compound into a roller. No shortcuts or nasty  fabricated bits and pieces, he had patterns and castings done for the headstock  and forks and a local engineering company make up the rolls to make a proper job  of it. Those of you who came to the open day last May will remember it running  round the garden - it never made the website that time round, selling on the day  along with the Burrell agricultural and 4 inch Foden wagon from the same  builder.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eSteel boiler with expanded steel tubes by Franklin \u0026amp; Bell,  300psi hydraulic test for up to 150psi working pressure. Feed by high pressure  injector - it will start reliably above 100psi and will keep going, with  judicious fiddling with the water, down to about 70psi - and crankshaft pump  with bypass. The tender has a large brass filling plug on the footplate allowing  both rapid filling from a bucket and cleaning out (which is an idea I wish more  builders would take up), there is also a water lifter.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eCompound cylinders using Burrell's \"single crank  compound\" system, whereby both piston go back and forth in unison, driving  a common connecting rod, with two slide valves routing steam around the system.  Drain cocks rod-operated from footplate, mechanical lubricator.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe engine is in good mechanical order, the paint is well-used  although entirely presentable. This is one of a handful of engines I've had that  are particularly evocative of the full-size engines they represent - the Fowler  ploughing engine I had earlier in the year was another. I think the proportions  and sound of this engine when running contribute most to the realism.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eIf you want to stand out from the Foster and Burrell  agriculturals on the four inch line at the rallies, this is the engine to do it.  Its previous owner is a keen rally man, recently having moved up in the world  when he part-exchanged this against my Burrell DCC Showmans.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eLength 82 inches\u003cbr\u003e  Weight approx 12 cwt\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019978461525,"sku":"2310","price":12950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/2310-1.webp?v=1779908898","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/4-inch-scale-burrell-scc-roller-stock-code-2310","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}