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Old 27th June 2021, 11:39 AM
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Default kingsbury Water Park (EWR)

Smaller collection of engines than in past years probably down to clashing with Stafold and covid, photos for anyone interested

https://www.blackcountrysteam.co.uk/kingsbury_21.html
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Old 27th June 2021, 12:44 PM
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I like the undertype traction engine, what is it based on?
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Old 27th June 2021, 03:05 PM
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I like the undertype traction engine, what is it based on?

I'd have a guess on it being an E.B. Wilson.
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Old 27th June 2021, 03:12 PM
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If your refering to the first photo the owner told me it was a Willis Farmers engine a very early self moving portable dated around 1849
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Old 28th June 2021, 11:57 AM
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I think an outline drawing for the Willis engine is in Hughes "Traction engines worth modelling".
Barry Johnson built it many years ago from the available drawing. Unique as far as I know.
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Old 28th June 2021, 02:09 PM
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I think an outline drawing for the Willis engine is in Hughes "Traction engines worth modelling".
Barry Johnson built it many years ago from the available drawing. Unique as far as I know.
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Talking to the owner he believed it to be 'unique' he said there was one in 1.5" scale
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Old 28th June 2021, 07:34 PM
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Lovely thing, it looks like Titfield Thunderbolt on wheels!
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Old 29th June 2021, 04:15 PM
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Talking to the owner he believed it to be 'unique' he said there was one in 1.5" scale
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This is the other model that had recently surfaced.

https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/a...653#lotDetails

Barry’s one is still the original and the best though. It’s done so much running and introduced so many people to the fact this engine existed.
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