{"product_id":"5-inch-gauge-orenstein-koppel-0-4-0-rack-locomotive-stock-code-6853","title":"5 inch gauge Orenstein \u0026 Koppel 0-4-0 rack locomotive","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e    I bought this engine at the Alexandra Palace show a year or two back. Scaled   down from Ken Swan's super \"Koppel\" design for 7 1\/4 inch gauge, this   is a 5 inch gauge version - I believe the only one (which means I'll get about   two dozen pictures of others in the email by Monday). I've always promised   myself a 7 1\/4 version when a really nice one comes along, in the meantime this   one has been sitting beside my desk on the library windowsill at home. Enjoyed   it, but now something else narrow gauge has come in which necessitates a move   around - there's only so many engines Mrs P tolerates in the house at once (and,   sad to relate, narrow gauge specimens in drab green don't excite her interest   quite as much as they do mine). \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e    Unsteamed from new, the silver soldered copper boiler has had a twice working   pressure hydraulic test and the engine has been run on air - it goes better   forwards than backwards (or vice versa, depending on which bit of a Koppel   you're looking at). \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e    Just as fascinating as the larger version (and much easier to put on a   windowsill) - if you're not familiar with the design, the countershaft runs in   the opposite direction to the wheels, which looks mildly eccentric running to   say the least. That said, one of my most memorable experiences last time I was   at Beamish was a run up the rack railway there behind Ken's own Koppel which   sounds like a motorboat racing up the hill with a driver and two passengers. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e    Complete with a length of display track - including rack.      \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019658875221,"sku":"6853","price":5950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/6853-1.webp?v=1779905880","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/5-inch-gauge-orenstein-koppel-0-4-0-rack-locomotive-stock-code-6853","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}