Midlands Model Engineering Exibition

[weidner]

Originally Posted by w6cloggs

Thanks just found it in The Development of The English Traction Engine

This was one of the engines described by Bill Hughes in that classic ' Traction Engines Worth Modelling ' . Drawings might have been available from Percival Marshall and their successors .

[Wallisboy]

John it's http://www.lincolnsteam.co.uk/ they do the 6'' devonshire, we're currenly looking into doing one at the moment, joe

[Engine John]

The reason I asked was that the Devonshire pictured has the correct style valve for operating the blower and I would like one of those for the blower and water lifter rather than the globe valves I have currently. President and The Dalesman are good examples of full size engines still fitted with them. I did wonder if it was Lincoln Steam but I notice this is not in their parts list. This is why I asked if this specific engine was built by them or a private individual. I anybody knows of a source of somilar valves I would be interested.

John

[Clive Hearsey]

Hi Engine John

Nice to have met up with you at the Littlew Leigh Steam party, I also have an interest in the 6" Devonshire and the link will take you to the company who supplies castings and drawings.

http://www.lincolnsteam.co.uk

Clive

[Clive Hearsey]

Picture 12 is of the Fowler Fen Engine, it looks very familiar, can you please tell if the name of the engine was "Fen Spud" , if so I know who built the engine and spent a couple of seasons rallying it for him.

Clive

[Engine John]

If anybody is interested I spoke to Dave at Lincoln Steam today. He is very keen to help. He does produce the plug cocks to the Burrell pattern that I am after so I will be placing an order with him.

Thanks to those who pinted me in his direction.

John

[The Pirate]

Picture 12, Fowler Fen Type engine.
Is this a 3" scale version??
I have recently p/x a set of castings, boiler and drawings for one of these with Station Road Steam.
It was a Maurice Sedgwick design.
There are more of these about than you might think. A guy called Albert Sell from Chesterfield has/had one plus this one at the exhibition, also saw a 4" version of one at Old Warden, again built to the same design.

[8_10 Brass Cleaner]

It looks like the one that Staton road steam sold a while ago, basically a model of Bob Lee's George. Its a super model.

[Engine John]

If you look in the archive pages of Station Road Steam you will find the 4" version I think it was called "My Girl". It was an absolutely stunning model. I spoke to Station Road about it a while after they sold it and I was told it will probably never be steamed just polished periodically.

John

[Mr Steam Jnr]

Originally Posted by Engine John

If you look in the archive pages of Station Road Steam you will find the 4" version I think it was called "My Girl". It was an absolutely stunning model. I spoke to Station Road about it a while after they sold it and I was told it will probably never be steamed just polished periodically.

John

"My Girl" is the engine The Pirate would have seen at Old Warden