{"product_id":"7-14-inch-gauge-lswr-adams-tank-stock-code-6540","title":"7 1\/4 inch gauge LSWR Adams tank","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#ff0000\"\u003eWe sold this one in 2009 having repatriated it from  overseas at that time. The new owner having moved rapidly onto much bigger  things of a narrow gauge nature, it's not had a great deal of use since and has recently  come in as a part exchange against one of our new \u003ca href=\"\/products\/Stafford\/BFB-060\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFeldbahn-FC7\u003c\/a\u003es.  Words and pictures below are from 2009, it looks much the same sitting in the  workshop this afternoon.\u003c\/font\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 7 1\/4 inch gauge model of William Adams' 4-4-2 radial tank, designed for  the London, South Western Railway in the latter part of the nineteenth century.  Built to the Dick Stockings design by an accomplished engineer who had spent a  life in precision engineering, it was his next project after completing the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/stock%20pages\/3654\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e5  inch gauge GWR \"King\"\u003c\/a\u003e we sold recently.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSilver soldered copper boiler, 90psi working pressure. Twin safety valves.  Feed by injector, steam pump and auxiliary double-acting hand pump in the rear  bunker. Outside cylinders with inside slide valves actuated by Stephenson's  valve gear. Twin mechanical lubricators under the front running board.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe engine was completed in 2003 and used occasionally for the next couple of  seasons, after which it was laid up. In the last two years, storage conditions,  some hundreds of miles remote from the builder, have not been of the best and it  now requires a variety of jobs doing before it's ready for any serious use. The  boiler has a new hydraulic test, we have run the engine on the rolling road in  the workshop, it steams freely and runs quietly.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplete with a set of drawings.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLength 58 inches\u003c\/p\u003e    \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019203694933,"sku":"6540","price":7500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/6540-1.webp?v=1779902874","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/7-14-inch-gauge-lswr-adams-tank-stock-code-6540","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}