{"product_id":"7-14-inch-gauge-paddington-15xx-stock-code-2427","title":"7 1\/4 inch gauge \"Paddington\" 15xx","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough commonly seen in 5 inch gauge to LBSC's \"Speedy\" design,  the 7 1\/4 inch gauge version of the GWR 15xx class tank is an altogether rarer  machine. Designed by David Adams and based on Swindon works drawings, the model  is finely-detailed and builds into a large, powerful engine ideally suited to  heavy passenger hauling on both the club and larger garden railway.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis engine was built by a professional engineer, in between other jobs in  his workshop. It is 95% complete and has been run on a few occasions on a very  short test line he installed in his garden. Having almost finished this engine  and made a start on a 7 1\/4 \"Highlander (currently in stock), advancing years and  changing interests (including a superb ground-up restoration of an E-type  Jaguar) led to the sale of both locomotives and the railway itself (which made  my van buckle at the knees a little on the way home).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSilver-soldered copper boiler with superheater, fed by axle pump. The design  calls for an injector, this has not yet been fitted although the steam valve and  pipework is present. Cast iron cylinders with piston valves actuated by  Walschaerts valve gear, prototypical sight feed lubricator with  regulator-controlled atomiser valve. Steam and screw-down brake, acting on all  wheels.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eI've run the engine on air, it goes very nicely with very crisp exhaust beats  and, with the handful of steamings it has had in its life, is mechanically  as-new.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThere are several minor jobs to do on the engine - plumbing up an injector,  finishing the safety valve bonnet (a steel former for the brasswork is  included), fitting spectacle brasses etc - and it requires painting. Given the  quality of work done to date, there is the potential to make an extremely good  engine with little further expenditure.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLength 50 inches\u003cbr\u003e  Weight approx 400 pounds\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019234988373,"sku":"2427","price":6750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/2427-1.webp?v=1779903192","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/7-14-inch-gauge-paddington-15xx-stock-code-2427","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}