{"product_id":"5-inch-gauge-pansy-stock-code-2690","title":"5 inch gauge Pansy","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eA 5 inch gauge Great Western Pannier tank, built to LBSC's  \"Pansy\" design. Nicely made to start with, it has fallen on hard times  (not to mention a little bodgery) in recent years. The engine has lost its  grate, ashpan and top feed cover. The missing cover is explicable, there has  evidently been some work done on the clack valves - unfortunately a local expert  decided to soft solder the valve bodies onto the flange plate. Fortunately his  soldering was so bad that it leaks copiously - if it had been slightly better,  things would have got much more interesting when the boiler, at 80psi and  elevated temperature, started to soften the solder...\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eHaving had a thorough service at our friend's hands, he then put  it away wet, resulting in the pistons sticking in the cylinders.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eSo much for the downside (and this all happened when the engine  went on extended loan to a friend of the owner who agreed to maintain it in  return for the use of the engine - there's probably a lesson here).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eOn the positive side, the engine was well made originally. It  has a superheated copper boiler working at 80psi, feed by injector, crosshead  pump and auxiliary hand pump in the tank. Inside slide valve cylinders with  Stephenson's valve gear, with a pole reverser in the cab. There is a mechanical  cylinder lubricator.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eAn engine worth sorting out, a design that was definitely one of  LBSC's better offerings. I've had several over the last few years, there's a  couple pictured in the archive.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54009585959253,"sku":"2690","price":2250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/2690-1.webp?v=1779898441","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/5-inch-gauge-pansy-stock-code-2690","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}