{"product_id":"5-inch-gauge-sr-king-arthur-stock-code-2061","title":"5 inch gauge SR King Arthur","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the years following grouping in the 1920s, the Southern Railway languished  as a poor relation to the Great Western. Their trains were frequently late and  usually dirty - a group of passengers who registered a complaint were told that  the state of the trains was due to the filthy habits of the passengers! Clearly  \"something had to be done\" and Sir Herbert Walker, chairman of the  railway, decided on a publicity drive in an attempt to wrest some of the media  spotlight from the GWR.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eMindful of the Great Western's success with the rakish styling and inspired  naming of the Star and Castle class 4-6-0s, the board decided on a new class of  express locomotives named after Knights of the Round Table of Arthurian legend.  Delighted with the idea, the company told their chief mechanical engineer, the  dour Maunsell, of the plan, to which he replied \"tell Sir Herbert that I  have no objection, but I warn you it won't make any difference to the running of  the engine\". Ah, the endless antipathy between engineers and suits!\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eMaunsell produced a locomotive based on his predecessor Urie's N15 class. A  twin cylinder locomotive, weighing a little over 80 tons, with 20 1\/2 x 28  cylinders, it proved immensely successful turning in power and efficiency  figures comparable to the Castles.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eThis locomotive is a model of one of the Eastleigh-built engines, No.799  \"Sir Ironside\"- the prototype was built in 1926 and withdrawn in 1961.  Twin piston valve cylinders with Walschaerts gear, silver soldered copper boiler  fed by injector, axle pump and auxiliary hand pump in the tender. Working  pressure is 90 psi, with twin safety valves fitted to the roundtop boiler. There  is a screw reverser in the cab, although a push-pull reverser lever is included  for up-and-down running if required. There is a detachable regulator extension  rod for those short in arm (or large round the middle) who can't reach over the  tender for driving. Six wheel tender with compensated brakes.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eThe engine has been built to a high standard using Greenly drawings - is was  fully overhauled in 1993 when a new boiler by Western Steam was fitted - and is in excellent  mechanical order throughout. Nicely detailed with bolted up square flanges on  glands and connections, dummy vacuum gear, lamps and castellated nuts in the  motion work. It comes complete with set of firing irons and electric  steam-raising blower. The tender has been fitted with quick-fit connections for  the water feeds. Finished in Southern dark olive green with white lining, the  paintwork is in good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eLength \u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eLocomotive 41 inches\u003cbr\u003e  Tender 25 inches\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eWeight\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003eApprox 200 pounds\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54009562267989,"sku":"2061","price":6350.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/2061-1.webp?v=1779898233","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/5-inch-gauge-sr-king-arthur-stock-code-2061","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}