{"product_id":"vintage-steam-wagon-stock-code-11830","title":"Vintage steam wagon","description":"A freelance steam wagon - built by a Mr J.Moss just after the First World War, he wrote up details of its construction for an article in \"The Model Engineer And Electrician\" magazine (as it was then) in 1922.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Amongst other details the article gives details of where he sourced components: front and rear springs, double-acting slide valve cylinders and crankshaft were from Stevens Model Dockyard of London; smokebox door and ring from Bassett Lowke of Northampton, who also supplied the chimney base and petticoat pipe; the boiler, of solid drawn seamless copper tube, has a bunsen flame burner supplied by J.Flanders of Surbiton; cast iron wheels and rubber tyres were from the splendidly named South London Wheel and Rubber tyre works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    The builder claimed that the wagon would carry 30 pounds, and pull \"about 1cwt\" on a trailer. The boiler worked at \"40 to 50 pounds\", the engine reversed by means of slip eccentrics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    The machine has many ingenious details, including a steam brake and tipper body, operated by a screwed rod driven from the engine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    At 102 years old, a remarkable survivor - comparing it to the photographs taken in 1922, it has remained largely original over the years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    Complete with drawings and copies of the original articles, along with a modern transcript of same. It shouldn't be necessary for us to say that - in deference to its age and provenance - this venerable machine has not been tested !\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54010120536405,"sku":"11830","price":1850.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1023\/0094\/2677\/files\/11830-1.webp?v=1779900494","url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/vintage-steam-wagon-stock-code-11830","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}