Old Traction Engines

[Stew2000]

I salvaged my grandads old Traction Engines he made. they must be over 30 years old.

[perdu]

They are bloomin' lovely

a good thing to save in my opinion

[dr_gn]

Great models. Are they from from kits or plans? Are they live steam or static? Either way I would be proud to own either of those, even prouder to have built them!

[pacman1]

Had one of these when I was a nipper, great fun. Blinkin' expensive now!



http://www.steamreplicas.co.uk/MamodTractionEngine...

[mrmaggit]

My Dad has a 3" Fowler V Ploughing engine and a 7&1/4" gauge Koppel rack loco with truck.

He made three of the ploughing engines over ten years, a chap in Norfolk bought the pair, but all three won Third prizes at the Harrogate Show, as did the Koppel.

The Fowler weighs half a ton, is six feet long and has a steering lock-to-lock of 64 (yes, 64) turns.

[Stew2000]

dr_gn said:

Great models. Are they from from kits or plans? Are they live steam or static? Either way I would be proud to own either of those, even prouder to have built them!

I assume they were plastic kits. I have no idea what company made them.
My grandad also did plastic airplane kits like lancasters.
He died when I was about 2 years old so I didn't get to know him very well.

[Eric Mc]

Kiel Kraft (of balsa wood and tissue model aircraft fame) produced some plastic ytaction engine kits. They were probably someone else's moulds but I don't know the original producers.

I have a Kiel Kraft one in my loft somewhere.