{"product_id":"5-inch-gauge-duchess-stock-code-2510","title":"5 inch gauge Duchess","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn absolute monster of an engine weighing in at 352 pounds for the locomotive  and something around another 80 for the tender - it's the only 5 inch gauge  engine I've had in that couldn't be lifted between two of us.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBuilt to exhibition standard throughout, completed as one of a batch of four  in 1992. This one was rather more special than its siblings, kept by the builder  and reserved for his attack on IMLEC. With a boiler pressed to 110psi, four  cylinders and an all-up weight approaching four hundredweight he should  certainly have been in with a chance before some rather over-enthusiastic  driving caused the front bogie to derail. Losing some minutes getting started  again (given that the engine is a four-man lift), some load was shed and the run  completed with a modest 26 passengers behind the driver. The performance put him  in second place for efficiency at the end of the day, but with the highest  drawbar power by some considerable margin. For the rest of that year, MLB  Engineering who provided drawings and castings for the project advertised their  design as \"the most powerful five inch gauge locomotive in the  country\".\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSilver soldered copper boiler with combustion chamber. 110 psi working  pressure, feed by twin injectors. Four safety valves. Finely-detailed backhead  with steam brake control, steamchest pressure gauge, vacuum gauge, tea-can shelf  above firehole door (complete with tea can), Stanier hooter type whistle under  tender, geared screw reverser. Four cylinders, outside Walschaert's valve gear  with derived motion to inside valves, lubrication by mechanical lubricators  concealed in three of the four dummy Wakefield lubricator bodies on the running  boards.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe detailing is superb throughout. Working water scoop on the tender with  dummy spray bars for the coal. Dummy axlebox lubricators on the running boards  (only non-functional so that the correct - minute- sized pipe could be used to  plumb them). Flanged pipe unions to injectors.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe engine has just come in, having been stored for some years. It had a  brief run this afternoon when the boiler inspector was here, before a good service and cleanup starts over the next  few weeks. Available later in the year - if interested you'll need strong  friends, a good supply of coal for the shed-sized firebox and a decent length  track to give it a run on.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCompletely magnificent, I've fallen for this one in a big way.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLength\u003cbr\u003e  Locomotive 54 inches\u003cbr\u003e  Tender 28 inches\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019922526549,"sku":"2510","price":12500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/2510-1.webp?v=1779908458","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/5-inch-gauge-duchess-stock-code-2510","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}