{"product_id":"7-14-inch-gauge-hunslet-penrhyn-class-0-4-0st-blanche-stock-code-6906","title":"7 1\/4 inch gauge Hunslet Penrhyn class 0-4-0ST \"Blanche\"","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA 7 1\/4 inch gauge Penrhyn class Hunslet, built to 4 inch   scale and weighing in at around three quarters of a ton with its tender. A   magnificent model, \"Linda\" and \"Blanche\" preserved on the   Ffestiniog Railway are two of my all time favourite locomotives, still running   and doing the job they were built for at over 120 years old.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe work of a professional engineer and serial Hunslet   builder, \"Blanche\" has until recently shared a shed with his   \"Alice\" class\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eQuarry   Hunslet (completed 25 years ago, still going strong) and a \"Port\"   class \"Lilla\" nearing completion. \"Blanche\" was thirteen   years in build, the result a beautifully made and finely proportioned model,   utterly evocative of the prototype.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSilver soldered copper boiler, 100psi working pressure,   feed by twin injectors. Twin safety valves mounted on the turret. Cast iron   cylinders with slide valves actuated by Stephenson's gear with pole reverser in   the cab. Mechanical lubricator. Pressure gauge in cab, with steam chest pressure   gauge mounted below, the engine is fitted for vacuum brakes with gauge on the   right hand side of the turret, driver's brake valve mounted on the tender.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe engine has been well maintained, it remains in good   mechanical order. Hand painted and lined in prototypically correct livery for   the Penrhyn Quarry period of its life it has been modelled on.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis one has sat on a stand outside my office since it   arrived, giving me a most attractive view through the window. Given its size I   don't think I've got the remotest chance of getting it a berth in the house, but   I live in hope - there's a large space in the garden room formerly occupied by   the 9 1\/2 inch gauge Mogul which is crying out for a similar sized engine!\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xth5Cwl3eJI\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThere's   a clip here\u003c\/a\u003e of the engine running on the rolling road, taken in the sunshine   yesterday. Picture of the full size Blanche, taken circa 1910, used by kind permission of James Waterfield.\u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019817111893,"sku":"6906","price":23500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/6906-1.webp?v=1779907663","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/7-14-inch-gauge-hunslet-penrhyn-class-0-4-0st-blanche-stock-code-6906","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}