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Vinatge Steam Engine to IDENTIFY
« on: November 09, 2021, 07:12:26 am »
I am looking to identify this steam engine. I was thinking Bing or Doll Or Ernst Plank?

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Re: Vinatge Steam Engine to IDENTIFY
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2021, 07:40:16 am »
It think it's Doll; probably Model 308.

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Re: Vinatge Steam Engine to IDENTIFY
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2021, 07:54:09 am »
Just guessing here, but isn’t the square/circle pattern for the firebox vents from Bing?
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Re: Vinatge Steam Engine to IDENTIFY
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2021, 08:06:56 am »
Thanks Nick. A bit of a Newbie but you are likely correct as the chimney cap is the same on several bing engines I searched on the net. You would know the model number by chance?

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Re: Vinatge Steam Engine to IDENTIFY
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2021, 10:08:50 am »
I think it is a Bing 10/14/1 - but the Chimney looks more
like Doll - so it is probably replaced - maybe someone else
knows more...

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Re: Vinatge Steam Engine to IDENTIFY
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2021, 12:29:13 pm »
Welcome also from Germany. I agree with Arnold on the destination of the machine. Only with the chimney I am relatively sure that it comes from Falk. The crown looks somewhat different on Doll. Similar, but a bit different.
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Re: Vinatge Steam Engine to IDENTIFY
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2021, 05:08:16 pm »
Welcome also from Germany. I agree with Arnold on the destination of the machine. Only with the chimney I am relatively sure that it comes from Falk. The crown looks somewhat different on Doll. Similar, but a bit different.

I tried zooming in, but with the overpaint it is hard to see the brick pattern… An easy way to spot a Falk chimney/firebox is to look for an English bond brick pattern.
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Re: Vinatge Steam Engine to IDENTIFY
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2021, 06:47:19 pm »
Here’s an example of one of my Falk fireboxes showing the brick pattern. Does your chimney match this?

And if the engine is a Bing, I am guessing it may have had the piston (maybe more) replaced with Doll/Fleischmann looking at the rounded big end…

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