{"product_id":"7-14-inch-gauge-great-eastern-4-4-0-stock-code-3389","title":"7 1\/4 inch gauge Great Eastern 4-4-0","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eSomewhat of a mystery this one. It looks to be quite  ancient - my guess is it was built in the 1920s - based loosely on a Great  Eastern Railway \"Claude Hamilton\", although with outside, rather than  inside cylinders. It is finely engineered and still appears to retain many of  its original boiler fittings, again typical of the period. In more recent times  it has had a very upmarket cosmetic restoration including a professionally executed  paintjob with excellent lining and lettering to the tender.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eBoiler is flanged and rivetted copper, it looks in remarkably  good shape for what is possibly a ninety year old engine. It would once have had  at least one injector and possibly an axle pump - there is a \"spare\"  eccentric on the driving axle which now works a lubricator, but may well once  have been for a pump. The clack valves on each side of the boiler have a short  length of pipework \"for show\" which ends just inside the frames. There  is a hand pump in the tender.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eCaused much interest at the Harrogate Show where we put it on  the stand, I've now got an idea of its history back to the 1960s, although  nothing before that. I would be very interested if anybody can provide more  information about the engine which, for now, sits looking handsome beside my  similarly-gauged Stirling Single in the library.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eLength\u003cbr\u003e  Locomotive 44 inches\u003cbr\u003e  Tender 26 inches\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019169124693,"sku":"3389","price":3950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/3389-1.webp?v=1779902460","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/7-14-inch-gauge-great-eastern-4-4-0-stock-code-3389","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}