Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines

Got this at a flea market almost 15 years ago, and finally got it running well today😁

I don't know the make/model. Anybody know what the big "W" (or maybe upside down "M"?) is on the steam chest?

Very sweet engine. Looks sizable.

I had a set of those castings about 10-12 years ago.


I traded them to my friend, John Coleman, who sadly passed away a few years back.
I was having him machine the castings for me. He fell in love with the engine and asked me to work out a way he could keep it and I said sure, why not.


John made a lot of neat items for the steam engine hobby including the governor kit for the Stuart S-50 and he as a very good machinist.


Some of you may remember him as Eclectors Devices, Inc. / The Steam Chest
I wish I could find a picture of the engine.
Below is a picture of John and his sons, Christmas 2010.


Gil


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Yes, That was my set of casting back when....
You can see my name in the upper right corner.


Gil

Yes, That was my set of casting back when....
You can see my name in the upper right corner.


Gil

Wouldn't it be coincidental if my engine was made from your castings?

No way to prove it, though, I guess. I bought the engine at a steam show in Cookstown, Ontario in about 2000.

Quote from: RedRyder on December 22, 2019, 08:05:23 am

Yes, That was my set of casting back when....
You can see my name in the upper right corner.


Gil

Wouldn't it be coincidental if my engine was made from your castings?

No way to prove it, though, I guess. I bought the engine at a steam show in Cookstown, Ontario in about 2000.

That would be neat 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-STUART-HORIZONTAL-MODEL-STEAM-ENGINE-19-1-4-LONG/303398474207?hash=item46a3f551df:g:YnAAAOSwfzJd8Bl2
There is currently an identical engine on ebay, but listed as a stuart.
crazydoug

Just read this thread.

Super Neat!