{"product_id":"7-14-inch-gauge-hercules-with-driving-truck-stock-code-3836","title":"7 1\/4 inch gauge \"Hercules\" with driving truck","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eDick Simmonds' \"Hercules\" design makes for a large,  robust standard gauge tank engine - it's substantially bigger all round than  something like a \"Bridget\" and, with a compact four-coupled wheelbase,  pretty much the ideal engine for back garden running.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThis is an older engine that still runs very well - I've driven  it several times at my club where it has spent the last few years whipping round  in the hands of its previous owner, Alan the Demon Driver who features in many  of the video clips I post (we do it that way round because I like to think I'm a better photographer, but in truth it's because he's a better  driver).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eSilver-soldered copper boiler, working pressure 75psi, feed by  twin injectors - there's also a steam pump on the running board which may have  worked in the past but didn't want to play ball when I steamed it last week.  Cast iron cylinder with slide valves actuated by Waslchaert's gear with pole  reverser in cab.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe engine comes with a decent bogie driving truck complete with  colossal hand pump that looks like it could fill the boiler from empty in about  half a dozen strokes.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eLength 42 inches\u003cbr\u003e  Height 20 inches\u003cbr\u003e  Weight 298 pounds\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019998777685,"sku":"3836","price":3950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/3836-1.webp?v=1779909326","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/7-14-inch-gauge-hercules-with-driving-truck-stock-code-3836","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}