{"product_id":"7-14-inch-gauge-quarry-hunslet-for-restoration-stock-code-7596","title":"7 1\/4 inch gauge Quarry Hunslet for restoration","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#FF0000\"\u003eWe sold this one back in 2009, complete  and running at that time although with elderly Brigs boiler that was in its  Autumn years. I was particularly taken with it at the time - partly because it  was open-cabbed, mainly because it had the air of gentle dilapidation which  looked exactly like most of the pictures of quarry Hunslets in their working  days!\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#FF0000\"\u003eSince then the engine has  been stripped for major overhaul. Chassis is back together, there is a new  CE-marked steel boiler by the estimable John Rex Model Engineers and a new  fabricated cab (although we've still got the original open cab sheets, which I'd  be inclined to fit).\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#FF0000\"\u003eWords below  are from 2009, the pictures taken last week. \u003ca href=\"\/products\/stock%20Pages\/3748\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe  original listing in the archive here shows the engine complete.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 7 1\/4 inch gauge Hunslet, built to 4 inch scale resulting in a locomotive  four feet long and weighing around a quarter of a ton complete with its tender.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis engine was built in 1986 and obviously did a good deal of running before  being purchased for restoration - pressure of work meant that the owner didn't  get round to doing anything with the engine, which has spent the last ten years  in a not terribly dry cellar. It saw the light of day last week, appearing at  the workshop here in a rather forlorn state.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSteel Briggs boiler with expanded tubes, working pressure 80psi, feed by twin  injectors. Cast iron cylinders with slide valves actuated by Stephenson's valve  gear with pole reverser in cab. Mechanical lubricator. The saddle tank has been  filled with loosed ballast, water is carried in the tender.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEver the optimist, Geoff spent a happy day on the engine earlier in the week.  We'd already established that the boiler is sound, after a twice pressure  hydraulic test, he removed cylinder end covers to check the bores (which are in  good condition) and oiled all round before giving it a run on the test stand. It  steams freely, runs backwards and forward, clanks a little from the coupling rod  bushes and the injectors need a serious talking to. Any it really, really, needs  painting.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThere's a clip of it running outside the workshop earlier in the week \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q-sn7Mf7Uvs\u0026amp;feature=channel_page\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54020136468821,"sku":"7596","price":6500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/7596-1.webp?v=1779911057","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/7-14-inch-gauge-quarry-hunslet-for-restoration-stock-code-7596","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}