{"product_id":"slip-eccentric-juliet-stock-code-2997","title":"Slip eccentric Juliet","description":"\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eAnother venerable example of LBSC's excellent beginner's engine  \"Juliet\" - Station Road Steam is becoming a bit of a rest home for  superannuated shunters.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThis engine was bought many years ago by a gentleman to teach  his young son to drive a steam engine. The lad is now my age and drives full  size locomotives at the weekends, so must have learned something from this one.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eSilver soldered copper superheated boiler, feed by axle pump  with auxiliary hand pump in the side tank. Gunmetal cylinders with slide valve  actuated by slip eccentric valve gear - push the engine half a revolution of the  wheels in the direction you wish to go, open the regulator and that's all there  is to it. Mechanical lubricator behind front buffer beam.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eThe pressure gauge was red lined at 60psi many years ago,  however the boiler has been hydraulic and steam tested for the design pressure  of 80psi and a new certificate issued to that effect.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eGiven the steaming abilities of a Juliet boiler, the simplicity  of the valve gear and the general joie de vivre this one exhibited on test (it  went, like many old engine, like the clappers), if you can't make it round the  club track on this one then it's time to consider a battery electric locomotive.  Or golf.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eComes complete with an electric steam raising blower, which is  apparently in working order although needs a new bit of wire.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"left\"\u003eLength 20 inches\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54019255370069,"sku":"2997","price":795.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/slip-eccentric-juliet-stock-code-2997","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}