{"product_id":"part-built-7-14-inch-gauge-locomotion-no-1-stock-code-8077","title":"Part-built 7 1\/4 inch gauge \"Locomotion No.1\"","description":"An early stage \"Locomotive No.1\" to the David Piddington design for Reeves.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The work of a prolific model engineer who has built locomotives from O-gauge (K1 \u0026amp; South African Garratts) to 7 1\/4 inch (Hercules and Bridget), over 15 gauge 1 locomotives for his garden railway, along with a 4 inch Ruston traction engine.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e    \u003cdiv\u003eHe confessed this was the only project he didn't finish - having got thus far, the idea of the traction engine came along so he went over onto that back in 2003, the last time \"Locomotion\" was looked at.\u003c\/div\u003e  \u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e  \u003cdiv\u003eWork to date comprises a silver soldered copper boiler with initial club hydraulic test certificate, wheels and axles, cylinders machined (for those not familiar with this early Stephenson design, they're upside down in the boiler!). There are some other castings, a tin full of machined motion components and drawings.\u003c\/div\u003e  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e   Only ever had two complete examples in over the last twenty years - those were both to the earlier Greenly design, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/products\/7-14-inch-gauge-locomotion-stock-code-3050\/\"\u003eincluding this super engine\u003c\/a\u003e (which, by great good fortune, I still get to see regularly).\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e   The engine is in the current Reeves range of castings, \u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ajreeves.com\/locomotion\/page\/1\/\"\u003emore information on their website here\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e      \u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019179708757,"sku":"8077","price":650.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/8077-1.webp?v=1779902577","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/part-built-7-14-inch-gauge-locomotion-no-1-stock-code-8077","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}