{"product_id":"5-inch-gauge-lbscr-cx2-0-6-0-stock-code-11461","title":"5 inch gauge LB\u0026SCR C2X 0-6-0","description":"A 5 inch gauge LB\u0026amp;SCR C2X 0-6-0, a design which could trace its history back to the late nineteenth century when Robert Billinton, locomotive superintendent for the railway, laid down a design for a successor to Stroudley's C1 class of 0-6-0 tender engines, the new class designated C2.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Built for the railway by Vulcan Foundry, they were nicknamed \"Vulcans\", proving successful if not particularly fast - a total of 55 were built.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Billinton's successor, Marsh, designed the C3 class with larger boiler which was not successful, leading to a C3 boiler being fitted to the earlier C2 running gear, producing the C2X class. This worked well and, eventually, 29 of the class were rebuilt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    In time, increasing train weights meant that the C2X was increasingly displaced by the K-class Mogul - the first British design to pull 1000 ton trains - designed by Robert Billinton's son, Lawson. Regular readers will remember we had the magnificent \u003ca href=\"\/products\/9-12-inch-gauge-lbscr-mogul-stock-code-5410\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e9 1\/2 inch gauge K-class\u003c\/a\u003e, built by Billinton himself in retirement, some years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    After the First World War, ten of the C2X class were fitted with Billinton's patent top feed apparatus, identified by the presence of a second dome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Based on LBSC's \"Minx\" design - itself the goods engine version of his popular \"Maid of Kent\" - this model came to us in part exchange for another freight engine which arrived recently. Well-built in the first place, it has done a lot of running over the years and is coming due for a bottom end overhaul and repaint. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    It steams freely and still runs nicely, although with some blow-by past the pistons under steam. The pump and left hand injector work reliably, the right hand injector feeds but overflows when working.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    The boiler has had hydraulic and steam tests, with new certification issued.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Despite its rather down at heel appearance, we rate this one - a well put together engine that goes well, it would repay the work put into restoring it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e     \u003ciframe width=\"353\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r9Nk_bZ2Thk?si=WfaEJAepoa19aUCc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019803382101,"sku":"11461","price":3250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/11461-1.webp?v=1779907419","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/5-inch-gauge-lbscr-cx2-0-6-0-stock-code-11461","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}