{"product_id":"7-14-inch-gauge-hawthorne-leslie-0-6-0-stock-code-3747","title":"7 1\/4 inch gauge Hawthorne Leslie 0-6-0","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#FF0000\"\u003eWe've had this one in before, its recently come back   when its owner decided to downsize to 5 inch gauge. Built, along with an   identical 5 inch gauge sibling, by an experienced engineer, it is based on the   engines which ran around Stewarts \u0026amp; Lloyds steel works at Corby up until   the 1970s (we lived in Stamford at the time, I remember my father taking me to   watch them shunting in the yard).\u003co:p\u003e   \u003c\/o:p\u003e   \u003c\/font\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#FF0000\"\u003eWords, pictures below are all from last, it looks just the   same now, having been steamed on a handful of occasions since last here. Dale   steamed it earlier in the week, still goes just as well as ever, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5XL8V3MD3os\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ethere's   a clip of it running in the workshop here\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e      \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eA well-built example of a rarely modelled prototype, a Hawthorn   Leslie 0-6-0 industrial saddle tank in 7 1\/4 inch gauge. The engine is well   detailed and robustly built with substantially proportioned valve gear and large   bearing surfaces.\u003c\/p\u003e      \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eSilver-soldered copper boiler with superheaters, 90psi working   pressure, feed by twin injectors with an auxiliary handpump in the rear bunker -   injectors are set up to be fed from a tank on a driving truck and work very   effectively. There is a vestigial eccentric sheave on the rear axle for a pump,   long since removed. More recently a crosshead pump has been removed (because it   looked horrible, but we've saved the bits).\u003c\/p\u003e      \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eCast iron cylinders with slide valves actuated by Stephenson's   gear with pole reverser in cab. Mechanical lubricator on running board, with   sight feed in cab - works very well, reassuring and entertaining at the same   time watching blobs of oil float by while you're driving. The rear axle has a   cover fitted over the top to stop grit and ash falling into the axleboxes, which   are lubricated from the two pockets mounted on the cab front beneath the saddle   tank.\u003c\/p\u003e      \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe engine was built in the 1980s, although has spent the last   twelve years on display in an upstairs room (and Geoff is never going to let me   forget carrying it down two flights of stairs together). It's had a twice   pressure hydraulic test in the last week followed by a steam test, it now has a   complete, up to date set of documentation in addition to it's original club   paperwork.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eComplete with a length of ballasted display track.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eLength 43 inches\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019804561749,"sku":"3747","price":5500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/3747-1.webp?v=1779907440","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/7-14-inch-gauge-hawthorne-leslie-0-6-0-stock-code-3747","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}