{"product_id":"5-inch-gauge-lner-p2-chassis-castings-stock-code-4941","title":"5 inch gauge LNER P2 chassis \u0026 castings","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThis is one of those engines which I thought only existed in  somebody's overactive imagination until it arrived last week, along with some  other boilers and castings from the late builder's workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eRegular readers will remember\u003ca href=\"\/products\/archive\/2510\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e  the magnificent Duchess I had in some years ago\u003c\/a\u003e, the best of a batch of four, kept by the builder  for his own use and ballasted with lead everywhere  (including under the boiler cladding) to a knee-buckling three hundredweight in  a serious attempt to win IMLEC. In the end it came second, having derailed on  the second lap, but the continuous horsepower it put up for the half hour run  was the highest recorded on the day and stood as a record for many years after  for a five inch gauge engine.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eAt the end of his engine-building career, it was rumoured that a  batch of LNER P2s were in progress, being built to the same exhibition quality  and likely to put up very similar performances to the Duchesses. I'd heard this  over the years, but never actually seen one, or met anybody who had - until now.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eWhat you see below is the one early-stage chassis built,  together with a large quantity of castings, including wheels castings for a  second locomotive, with seven of the eight tender wheels for a second tender.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eWork to date is pretty much what you'd expect from the man who  built \"Duchess of Abercorn\". Excellent castings, really crisp  machining, beautifully turned wheels, split gunmetal axleboxes (all stamped up  for position in the chassis), immaculately made crank axle, Cartazzi axleboxes  on the trailing bogie, working leaf springs... There's a set of machined  cylinders, with piston valve liners fitted, again the machining is first class.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eA good, substantial start to what is going to be an epic project  for somebody. I can't wait to see the finished thing.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eLength 51 inches\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019999105365,"sku":"4941","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/4941-1.webp?v=1779909330","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/5-inch-gauge-lner-p2-chassis-castings-stock-code-4941","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}