{"product_id":"7-14-inch-narrow-gauge-manning-wardle-2-6-2t-yeo-stock-code-10512","title":"7 1\/4 inch narrow gauge Manning Wardle 2-6-2T \"Yeo\"","description":"A 7 1\/4 inch narrow gauge Lynton \u0026amp; Barnstaple 2-6-2T \"Yeo\", modelled on one of the original locomotives built for that railway by Manning Wardle.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    A one-owner engine, it was commission built by a professional model engineer for a private collector, along with the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/7-14-inch-gauge-br-standard-class-2-mogul-stock-code-10519\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003emagnificent 7 1\/4 inch gauge Standard Class 2\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/4-inch-scale-burrell-dcc-road-locomotive-stock-code-10528\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e4 inch scale Burrell DCC road locomotive\u003c\/a\u003e that we've sold recently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Engines by the same builder - a man whose work we've greatly admired for many years - and retained in his own collection include a magnificent 7 1\/4 inch gauge GWR King, 3 inch scale Fowler DCC road locomotive and a 7 1\/4 inch narrow gauge Hunslet \"Lilla\" in the same gauge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    The cylinder and wheel castings were originally from Reeves, used in the well-known Milner design (\u003ca href=\"\/products\/7-14-inch-gauge-lynton--barnstaple-2-6-2t-yeo-stock-code-7460\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ewe had another \"Yeo\"\u003c\/a\u003e, built by Milner Engineering themselves, back in 2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    However, after studying the Milner drawings and in consultation with the customer, it was decided to make a model of the locomotive in its original, 1897 form and carrying the livery of that time, whereupon construction started based on a doubled-up version of the highly-detailed 3 1\/2 inch gauge design by Les Warnett, serialised in \"Engineering in Miniature\" magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    The builder has taken a great deal of trouble to produce an authentic model, to the extent of replicating the correct scale thickness frames and stretchers, resulting in a locomotive tipping the scales at around a ton and a quarter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    The commercially built boiler was supplied new by Franklin \u0026amp; Bell in 2000, welded-steel construction with expanded tubes. We've put a new set of tubes in, it's had a cladding off inspection, ultrasonic thickness survey and hydraulic test, followed by steam test with new certification issued.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Built over a two year period, from 2002 to 2004, the engine has had light use from new and none at all in the last fourteen years - it remains in excellent condition throughout. Free-steaming, it runs beautifully, as might be expected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    \u003ciframe width=\"353\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2oTnexFdgoU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54009905447253,"sku":"10512","price":39950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/10512-1.webp?v=1779899499","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/7-14-inch-narrow-gauge-manning-wardle-2-6-2t-yeo-stock-code-10512","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}