{"product_id":"5-inch-gauge-part-built-stirling-single-stock-code-1931","title":"5 inch gauge part-built Stirling single","description":"An old part-built model of a Stirling single, the 4-2-2 express engine  designed for the Great Northern Railway at the height of the \"Race to the  North\". The magnificent original \"No.1\" resides in the National  Railway Museum and combines a Victorian elegance with a purposeful look of speed  - if it sounds like I have a soft spot for these engines, as a small boy growing  up in Stamford, there was, in the town library, a 5 inch gauge Stirling single  on display in a glass case. Many were the afternoons on my way home from school  that I would end up there with my nose pressed against the glass!    \u003cp\u003eThis is not exactly a glass-case model, but rather a curiosity. The chassis  is complete, with all motion work, axle pump and lubricator. It  appears to be quite old, possibly pre-war. The boiler is of more recent  manufacture and untidy construction although it is substantially built. We don't  have a set of drawings for this engine although included is a set of Reeves  drawings for the Stirling single which will give a good idea on the platework  required for finishing the locomotive and full details of the tender. There is  also a set of tender wheel castings, grate and safety valve cover along with a  set of steel boiler formers.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eLength 28 inches \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c!--webbot bot=\"Navigation\" S-Type=\"children\"  S-Orientation=\"horizontal\" S-Rendering=\"graphics\" B-Include-Home=\"TRUE\"  B-Include-Up=\"TRUE\" U-Page S-Target startspan --\u003e\u003c!--webbot bot=\"Navigation\" endspan i-checksum=\"0\" --\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54009534611797,"sku":"1931","price":395.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/1931-1.webp?v=1779898132","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/5-inch-gauge-part-built-stirling-single-stock-code-1931","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}