{"product_id":"5-inch-gauge-lms-black-5-stock-code-9649","title":"5 inch gauge LMS Black 5","description":"We originally bought this in 2007 from the original owner who had built it from a ModelWorks kit (\u003ca href=\"\/products\/5-inch-gauge-modelworks-black-5-stock-code-3136\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eyou can see the original listing in the archive here\u003c\/a\u003e). Having laid a track around his garden and steamed the engine once he decided to regauge the railway to 7 1\/4 inch, buying a Romulus, whilst we took the Black 5 and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/5-inch-gauge-southern-i3-tank-stock-code-2246\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSouthern I3 tank.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    It's recently come back from the family of the man we sold it to. The engine has been on display in the house, unsteamed in his ownership - it's in pretty much exactly the same condition as last time it was here, although now missing its original assembly instructions and boiler documentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Fair to say that Winson\/ModelWorks engines offer virtually unlimited scope for improvement, however in the twenty years since they started making the things, a body of knowledge has built up allowing many to be completed and run well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    This one is very much as assembled \"out of the box\", running on air after a fashion. Modifying the valves with PTFE rings much improves their performance, something we've found an important first step in getting any of the ModelWorks piston valve engines to run.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Complete with smokebox number plate and Vulcan works plates, along with acrylic windows for the cab, unfitted from new.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019729785173,"sku":"9649","price":4250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/9649-1.webp?v=1779906608","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/5-inch-gauge-lms-black-5-stock-code-9649","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}