{"product_id":"7-14-inch-gauge-tinkerbell-0-4-2t-klr-no-15-stock-code-6578","title":"7 1\/4 inch gauge Tinkerbell 0-4-2T KLR No.15","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eWe sold this one back in 2016 - it's recently come back along with seven other 7 1\/4 inch narrow gauge locomotives as the previous owner clears out all the sheds to make room for one very big (and historically interesting) locomotive. Words below and pictures opposite were taken in 2016 - it looks just the same now.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e      \u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e      \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe world is much the poorer place for the passing of Eric   Walker who died, aged 86, on Christmas Day 2014. I enjoyed all my visits to the   Kirton Light Railway and spent more hours than I can remember sitting talking to   him either in the workshop or engine shed. My last time there, a couple of years   ago, he told me that we'd bought twelve of the fourteen engines he'd built over   the years - however, he was calling it a day on big engines and, from then on   (he was 84 at this point remember) would only build smaller things...\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eAs I set off home on that occasion, he must have already been   planning yet another one of his \"big engines\" - the Walker take on a   Tinkerbell, a design which had proved so successful on his own railway, not just   in \"standard\" form but in single Fairlie and Garratt incarnations as   well. Sadly, although largely complete, he never got a chance to steam this, his   last finished engine.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eWelded steel boiler, 100psi working pressure, feed by injector   and axle pump. Cast iron cylinders with slide valves actuated by Walschaert's   gear, pole reverser in cab. Twin displacement lubricators.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eIf you look through the archive, you'll find pictures and video   clips of most of Eric's other engines. Whilst never exhibition winners, they did   the job they were designed for and all, to the best of my knowledge, remain in   use - indeed, they've acquired something of a cult status!\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"..\/..\/bios\/Eric%20Walker\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eI've   put some notes about Eric on a page here\u003c\/a\u003e if you want to know a bit more   about this remarkable man - however, as in most things he'd already done the job   better himself, publishing his life-story as a downloadable book which you can   still get from Amazon.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eLength 72 inches\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54020164026709,"sku":"6578","price":4750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/6578-1.webp?v=1779911601","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/7-14-inch-gauge-tinkerbell-0-4-2t-klr-no-15-stock-code-6578","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}