{"product_id":"5-inch-gauge-liberation-stock-code-3925","title":"5 inch gauge Liberation","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#FF0000\"\u003eI sold this engine back in 2007 - it's  recently come back having only been run once since it was last here, the rest of  the time it's been on display in the owner's house whilst he played with a  rather good collection of 12 inch to the foot steam toys. Pictures are those  taken a couple of years ago, mechanically the engine is in the same condition,  cosmetically better where it has been treated to some minor retouching of the  paintwork and pretty thorough cleaning.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eAfter the war, our Ministry of Supply drew up a specification  for a large freight engine to be supplied under the auspices of the United  Nation Relief \u0026amp; Rehabilitation Adminstration (UNRRA) for service in Belgium,  Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Poland and Luxembourg. One dreads to imagine the  multi-lingual committees that sat to hammer out the final design but, when they  did, the order went to Vulcan Foundry who set to and built 120 of the so-called  \"Liberation\" 2-8-0s in 1946. Unsurprisingly, there were overtones of  the Austerity 2-10-0s and 2-8-0s, which themselves harked back to Stanier's 8Fs  in the finished design which quickly established a reputation for ease of  steaming (which says something given the sort of coal they were likely to have  encountered) and economy.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eMoving on thirty years, a resourceful engineer in Nottingham set  his mind to building a Liberation. Given that nobody then (or, indeed, since)  has produced anything like drawings or castings in our scales for such a thing,  he worked from original Vulcan Foundry drawings and photographs, producing a  finely-detailed scale model which was completed in 1986.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eI've given the usual brief technical rundown below, but really  you need to look at the pictures, in particular comparing them to the works  photographs. The model is beautifully detailed throughout, from the working  steel leaf springs right down to the electric lights which are not simply wired  in place but have trailing leads connected into sockets on the running boards,  as per the prototype.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eNew commercially-built silver soldered superheated copper boiler  fitted in 2003, working pressure 100psi, feed by twin injectors, twin axle pumps  and auxiliary double-acting handpump in tender - if you run out of water you are  probably genetically unsuited to driving model steam engines, golf may be a  fulfilling alternative. Two three-cock water gauges, blowdown on foundation ring  at rear. Stainless steel ashpan. Push-pull regulator, coupled to a secondary  lever under the cab roof for ease of driving. Piston valve cylinders,  Walschaert's valve gear with screw reverser in cab. Hydrostatic lubricator with  sight feeder in cab. There are pair of levers in the cab floor, the left hand  operating the draincocks, the right hand a variable orifice blast nozzle.  Driving wheels have working leaf springs, the dummy mechanical lubricators on  the running boards are piped to supply oil to the axleboxes.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe engine and tender are wired for 6 volt lighting with a pair  of battery leads extending from the rear and a plug connecting the locomotive to  tender. Lights comprise tender tail lamp, pair of cab interior lamps, headlight  and three front running lamps.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe engine comes complete with a purpose-built, two speed  steam-raising blower, pair of steel carrying frames for the locomotive and  tender and a rather natty armrest which fits on the tender for running on  raised-level track. For driving a roof panel slides back to give visibility for  the controls, the front of the tender removes to allow access.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eLength\u003cbr\u003e  Locomotive 41 inches\u003cbr\u003e  Tender 28 inches\u003cbr\u003e  Driving wheels 4 3\/4 inch diameter\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eWeight\u003cbr\u003e  Locomotive 180 pounds\u003cbr\u003e  Tender 85 pounds\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54020017160533,"sku":"3925","price":8950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/3925-1.webp?v=1779909584","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/5-inch-gauge-liberation-stock-code-3925","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}