{"product_id":"5-inch-gauge-2-8-22-8-2-garratt-stock-code-4957","title":"5 inch gauge 2-8-2+2-8-2 Garratt","description":"\u003cfont color=\"red\"\u003eWe sold this one back in 2011, it came to us from a well-known miniature railway builder and operator at that time. It's recently returned looking very similar to the way it did last time we had it - pictures opposite and words below are from 2011.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e     Beyer-Garratts were used in Spain from the 1930s on both passenger and freight services. This is a detailed model of the last freight engine ordered, 282F-0421 of 1961 which survives in preservation, still in working order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Steve and I took this one to the club \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ursj505nPBQ\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eon a very cold day last week\u003c\/a\u003e (well we had to - when would we next get a chance to drive a Garratt?). At the risk of stating the obvious, it is a big engine - not only did we not have enough rollers to run it in the workshop, we didn't even have a bench long enough to stand it on. It's that big.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Loading and unloading is fine provided it's always on a piece of track - once off the track, manoeuvring the three articulating sections is a bit like wrestling an anaconda. Heavy, irritable and with a mind of its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    The engine is fitted with lights in the cab and along the running boards, wired for an external battery with plug connector at the rear. Controls are all extended to the rear tank, with slide-out regulator handle, reverser and drain cock handle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Axle pump bypass is mounted on the side of the tank. Starting the steam pump on the move is something only to be attempted if you're in regular employment with Cirque du Soleil - for all others starting it at the station to run at a gentle tickover throughout the next lap is the preferred option.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    The engine runs, but it's fair to say it's done a lot of work and needs an overhaul. The steam pump leaks, drain cocks are erratic in operation with two so-so, one leaking moderately and another profusely; glands need repacking; valvegear needs some rebushing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    All that said, a remarkable model of an interesting prototype; complete with a large carrying\/storage frame on wheels.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54020059726165,"sku":"4957","price":5700.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/4957-1.webp?v=1779910245","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/5-inch-gauge-2-8-22-8-2-garratt-stock-code-4957","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}