{"product_id":"7-14-inch-gauge-midge-stock-code-2398","title":"7 1\/4 inch gauge \"Midge\"","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eDesigned by George Gentry in the 1930s, \"Midge\" was  based on the engines built by the Avonside Engine Company for the Great Western  to work at Swansea Docks. He intended it to be a powerful engine, yet capable of  going round the kind of curves found on the typical garden railway - which it  did. I think it's a cracking design, although not as commonly seen as it once  was, in this age of supersized 7 1\/4 engines.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThis one was particularly nicely made, really well done motion  work, a neatly laid out backhead, with excellent platework and cladding. It has  a saturated copper boiler fed by a single size large injector. Slide valve  cylinders with Walschaert's valve gear, pole reverser in the cab. There is a  screw-down hand brake and steam brake.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eI ran the engine this afternoon, it has dead square exhaust  beats and runs almost silently off load with no appreciable wear in the valve  gear. From the dust in the smokebox, it appears not to have been used in many  years (and certainly the smell for the first ten minutes after lighting up bears  this out). The injector tries and almost squirts water, the steam brake doesn't,  other than that it ran well and has certainly got the advertised \"get up  and go\".    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eLength 38 inches\u003cbr\u003e  Weight approx 250 pounds    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54010172473685,"sku":"2398","price":3950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/2398-1_4ed34aed-ef64-4ed0-891d-1b2e7a1112fc.webp?v=1779900740","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/7-14-inch-gauge-midge-stock-code-2398","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}