{"product_id":"7-14-inch-gauge-baldwin-c19-with-road-trailer-stock-code-6735","title":"7 1\/4 inch gauge Baldwin C19 with road trailer","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#FF0000\"\u003eI bought this engine from the builder back  in 2012 - it sold a short time later to the man who has owned it since. He's  recently had to retire from steam on health grounds - his comment on this engine  when Steve collected it was \u003ci\u003e\"Very sad to see it go as it's the best loco I have  driven, like driving a Bentley, very smooth.\" (\u003c\/i\u003ewhich I largely  agree with, although not sure it can be the best engine he's ever driven, given  that he had a Stafford as well...)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#FF0000\"\u003ePictures and words below are all from 2012  except for those of the trailer which were taken this afternoon - it's different to the  one the engine came in last time, this one a rather posh double-skinned  aluminium affair with gas struts to assist in opening the top. Engine is in  pretty much the same condition - possibly even more polished.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eFirst C19 I've had in, after watching them handling all manner  of extraordinary loads at various club events over the years. The prototypes  were built by Baldwin for the Denver \u0026amp; Rio Grande, number 346 was delivered  new in 1881 and worked right through to 1950 - it's now preserved at the  Colorado Railroad Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eOriginally built to run on the three foot narrow gauge, when  scaled for 7 1\/4 inch gauge track these come out as a large engine. Built to the  Milner Engineering design - intended for commercial use - the model is nearly  eleven feet long, the tender and footplate comfortably accomodate a six foot  five driver with size thirteen feet.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eI have been lucky enough to spend some hours with the builder of  this engine over the last couple of weeks, seeing his workshop and getting an  insight into how the C19 was made. A lifelong engineer, he was apprenticed at  steam crane builders Stothert \u0026amp; Pitt of Bath in 1955 before moving to Rolls  Royce at Filton where he stayed for the remainder of his career, ending up in  the experimental new materials department there (the exotic steel alloy grate  fitted to this engine obviously part of an ongoing investigation into the  effects of heat on new steels destined for high-performance gas turbine  engines...). During the same period, he has been a prolific model builder, with  eight engines to his credit including a 3 inch Burrell, 7 1\/4 inch gauge  \"Bridget\" and a well-advanced 6 inch scale Foden wagon currently in  the workshop.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe pictures below largely speak for themselves - the standard  of engineering is excellent throughout, the engine runs exactly the way it  looks.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eSteel boiler by Bell Boilers, April 2011. Expanded tubes, tested  for 125psi working pressure although the bronze \"soft pop\" safety  valves are currently set at 95 and 100psi respectively, which has proved more  than adequate for anything the builder has required of the engine. Fusible plug  fitted in firebox. Feed by a pair of injectors, mounted each side of the cab.  Twin PTFE seat blowdown valves fitted to rear.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eFirebox is fitted with front and rear dampers, grate has a  quick-release drop down action, lever-operated from the cab. Ashpan has a  sliding bottom panel to facilitate cleaning.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eCast iron cylinders with iron rings, slide valves actuated by  Stephenson's gear with pole reverser in the cab. Throttle lever has a detent and  locking catch to prevent inadvertent runaways. Mechanical oil pump on the  offside running board, with sight glass visible from cab. Axles have ground  journals running in bronze axleboxes.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eEngine and tender are air-braked, with steam-operated air pump  on the nearside running board and auxiliary electric pump in the tender.  Locomotive is vacuum equipped, the driver's brake valve on the floor is a  combined air\/vacuum valve, applying locomotive, tender and train brakes  simultaneously. Compressed air resevoirs are mounted in the tender, with a  vacuum resevoir at the rear.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eIn regular use for night-running at the builder's track, there  is a powerful halogen headlamp fitted, along with illuminated classfication and  number lights at the front and the most beautifully-lit backhead I've ever seen,  with brass-housed lamps mounted above the water gauges, the wiring neatly piped  across the boiler - it provides excellent illumination of the water gauges and  valves, without any glare in the driver's eyes from an unshielded bulb. 24 volts  bulbs are fitted in the front running lights - running on 12 volts they give an  authentic yellow \"oil lamp\" type light - bodies are quickly detachable  for bulb replacement with O-rings to keep moisture out.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe cab can be lifted off by removing two screws underneath and  detaching the whistle chain. It is made from teak salvaged from a Great Northern  coach of 1881 - chosen as it was the same year the prototype engine was built  (which is pushing authenticity pretty much to the limit!).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe bogie tender runs on double row self-aligning bearings with  oil seals, it has a front compartment containing air pump, battery and lighting  switchgear. Tank holds 15 gallons of water. Water and electric connections to  the locomotive are all quickly detachable.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eA very fine piece of engineering, one of the nicest things I've  driven this year.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eLength 10' 7\" with tender\u003cbr\u003e  Weight (locomotive \u0026amp; tender) 11 1\/2 cwt\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54010097598805,"sku":"6735","price":21500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/6735-1.webp?v=1779900422","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/7-14-inch-gauge-baldwin-c19-with-road-trailer-stock-code-6735","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}