{"product_id":"7-14-inch-gauge-tinkerbell-james-stock-code-3813","title":"7 1\/4 inch gauge Tinkerbell \"James\"","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe nicest Tinkerbell I've ever owned\/driven, \"James\",  built by Joe Nemeth at his Severn Beach Works in 2002 and used for two seasons  at the beautiful Oldown Miniature Railway before its untimely closure. If you  don't know Joe's work, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.joenemethengineeringltd.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eit's  well worth having a look at his website\u003c\/a\u003e. One of the great miniature railway  engineers, he has built\/rebuilt over sixty locomotives, created the  \"Scaleway Signals\" range of signals and rolling stock and designed and  built a number of large, commercial railways including Oldown and Berkeley Light  Railway. I rate him as a first class engineer, a man with a keen eye for detail  and proportion and with a fine sense of history - there are few Tinkerbells more  self-evidently related to the Heywood bloodline as this one.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eBuilt 2002, welded steel locomotive-type boiler by Bell Boilers  with expanded steel tubes. Working pressure 100psi, feed by twin injectors. Ball  valve regulator in dome. Cast iron cylinders with slide valves actuated by  Heywood-type valve gear with pole reverser on footplate (beautifully detailed,  it's been made from one of Joe's half-size signalbox lever castings). Mechanical  lubricator. Wheels are in cast iron with EN8 steel tyres, axles run in roller  bearings.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe engine is equipped with vacuum brake equipment with ejector,  driver's brake valve and gauge close at hand on the backhead. Blower line is  fitted with a valve allowing an air line to be attached for drawing the fire  from cold.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eA supremely comfortable engine to drive, my longest stint ever  on the footplate was six hours at a club public running day (a cup of tea fits  neatly on top of the left hand water tank - it was only an urgent need to  release some tea that finally got me off the engine). Apart from the two summers  running it did at Oldown it did when new, this has been a cossetted and rather  gently-used engine - unsteamed the last three years, it's been kept company in  our engine shed at home by \"Molly\", another Tinkerbell, by Jeff  Stubbs.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe pictures below were taken in its last season of operation at  Oldown. Paintwork is not quite as bright now, although the engine is in good  mechanical order and ready to do a serious job of work - a thoroughly sorted and  supremely capable locomotive.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eLength 76 inches\u003cbr\u003e  Weight 1\/2 ton\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54009717588309,"sku":"3813","price":15650.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/3813-1.webp?v=1779898933","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/7-14-inch-gauge-tinkerbell-james-stock-code-3813","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}