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

Here is the 1st engine, the R.P.M. Gauge Engine.


Some interesting facts on this engine:

• The shaft isn't screwed to the wheel - it is just slid onto a peg!
• It has a throttle control!  Which is a long screw that's simply tapered at the end (it goes into the "collar" of steam line).
• It has the earlier B-30 type whistle base (rounded) and topper.
• The sight glass slides into the upper & lower fitting, again like a earlier B30.  Newer models the slight glass just "hovered" just above the fittings.

I really like this little engine - I wished they had kept the sight glass fitting the way they designed it on this one, as you can use O-Rings to reseal it.  Also, I am surprised how well the throttle works, as it is really wiggly/lose!