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The new owner of this small steam engine was quite pleased when I pointed out that it was not a model engine but a small full sized unit designed to power a small machine shop or workshop.
A fine oscillatory steam engine ,spirit fired with safety valve , whistle and regulator valve. The boiler side plates appear to come from a Bowman model but the engine with its displacement lubricator and brass flywheel do not look like any commercial model I have seen.
Occasionally used 0-6-0 #9 seen here around 1976 at Buckingham Valley, Pennsylvania. This is one of the first engines I learned to fire.
Machining valve plate for crossing porting on Accucraft engines for proper combination lever functioning.
A fine oscillatory steam engine ,spirit fired with safety valve , whistle and regulator valve. The boiler side plates appear to come from a Bowman model but the engine with its displacement lubricator and brass flywheel do not look like any commercial model I have seen.
WAB 794 heading north from Te Awamutu pulling the Freemason Express (part of the Lodge Tawhiri Centennial celebrations) on 23rd May 2009.
Mamod SR1a Steam Engine.
Childhood toy, rescued from my parents' loft. Going onto eBay, so someone can clean it up and look after it.
This video was taken on 12th Sept 2010 to show that the engine still works.
Drive belt was removed for this video, so I could show it working stationary.
Owned by Gordon McLean, this 30HP Waterloo steamer was built in Waterloo, Ontario in 1914 & did most of its work on Smith Mills of Chinook Valley. There were only 8 of this model of which only 2 remain in existence. Classfied as a simple engine it carries 150 P.S.I. & is another attraction at the South Peace Centennial Museum
Steam engine built out of repurposed engine/ compressor parts. Combustion engine style exhaust valve. The eccentric on the cam is driving a feed water pump.
The object in the centre is a steam driven 78RPM gramophone on which passengers can play their old records. It is powered from the ships main boiler. The saw is for cutting wood to feed the galley stove.
Bittern hauling a charter 'The Cathedrals Explorer' north to Perth. At Perth changed for 'Tornado' which made an un timetabled run behind Bittern and so missed it. Ditto on return south when Tornado 60 mins ahead of published schedule
A fine oscillatory steam engine ,spirit fired with safety valve , whistle and regulator valve. The boiler side plates appear to come from a Bowman model but the engine with its displacement lubricator and brass flywheel do not look like any commercial model I have seen.
A fine oscillatory steam engine ,spirit fired with safety valve , whistle and regulator valve. The boiler side plates appear to come from a Bowman model but the engine with its displacement lubricator and brass flywheel do not look like any commercial model I have seen.