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The Regular Stuff: Chat, Buy, Sell, Off Topic, etc. => General Discussion - Model & Toy Steam Engines – Stirling Cycle – Flame Lickers – Small Antique Originals => Topic started by: Brad on February 04, 2022, 01:48:08 pm

Title: Re: Not A Toy
Post by: Weedensteam on February 05, 2022, 11:01:27 am: Back on topic there were quite a few locomotives that used oscillating cylinders. This one is quite unique:
https://chestofbooks.com/crafts/scientific-american/sup1/Oscillating-Cylinder-Locomotive.html
Title: Re: Not A Toy
Post by: Weedensteam on February 05, 2022, 10:57:16 am: My Dad built a lot of things and to get parts like wheels and tires after the war it was cheaper to buy an entire car than trying to find individual parts. He would save what he could use and the rest went to the scrap pile that was cleaned up about once a year.
Title: Re: Not A Toy
Post by: Nick on February 04, 2022, 10:41:05 pm: Quote from: St Paul Steam on February 04, 2022, 09:49:33 pm
I'm still amazed these types of things can still be found laying about, what with the war scrap drives ,just natural decay & modern day metal scrappers scouring for things just like this to make a few dollars on.

Unfortunately scrap prices are back up and I still see tractor ads daily on facebook that say if not gone today it’s headed to the scrapyard, where they get even more money :-\ I’ve got a good friend that must be around 80 now and every time I see him he gives me crap about all the steam engines and big prairie tractors him and his dad scrapped back in the ‘50’s. The poor guy is completely broke and will drive 50 miles out of his way to scrap a clothes dryer but if he had saved just 3 or 4 of them big tractors he’d be a millionaire!
Title: Re: Not A Toy
Post by: St Paul Steam on February 04, 2022, 09:49:33 pm: I'm still amazed these types of things can still be found laying about, what with the war scrap drives ,just natural decay & modern day metal scrappers scouring for things just like this to make a few dollars on.
Title: Re: Not A Toy
Post by: Brad on February 04, 2022, 09:40:04 pm: I think Australia.
Title: Re: Not A Toy
Post by: Gregowen on February 04, 2022, 09:12:00 pm: Most interesting, where is it?
Title: Not A Toy
Post by: Brad on February 04, 2022, 01:48:08 pm: For those of you who think that your Mammod traction engine, with the oscillating cylinder engine is just a toy, take a look at these two photos. Granted, there isn't much left of it, but you can plainly see that the engine is a wobbler. I believe this was an overtype engine.