Merry Christmas 1954

• Merry Christmas 1954
  Posted by parallelmotion on 24 Dec, 2020 10:51
• Always wanted but never got one of these has a kid. I circled a Wilesco roller (or was it Mamod?) every year in the Sears Christmas toy catalog. Alas Santa must have thought it too dangerous and difficult to make (expensive). Merry Christmas everyone, such that it is.
  
  Brent
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• #1 Reply
  Posted by RedRyder on 24 Dec, 2020 11:05
• Merry Christmas to you, Brent..!!
  May you and your family be blessed with all the goodness of the season.
  
  Looks like Santa may have brought you a very nice Fleischmann Steam Roller... even if more than 60 years later!
  
  Gil
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• #2 Reply
  Posted by Nick on 24 Dec, 2020 11:12
• Merry Christmas Brent, Great photo!!
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• #3 Reply
  Posted by St Paul Steam on 24 Dec, 2020 18:42
• Merry Christmas Brent & family, you have a roller now (& a very lovely one) enjoy this season & May you have a wonderful Christmas.
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• #4 Reply
  Posted by classixs on 25 Dec, 2020 05:19
• Think that roller is the best looking example i´ve ever seen.
  
  Merry Christmas Brent ! 
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  Posted by oilfield_steam on 25 Dec, 2020 06:35
• Aren't you glad you waited for a Fleischmann?
  
  Very nice... MERRY CHRISTMAS.
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• #6 Reply
  Posted by yussufhippo on 30 Dec, 2020 05:46
• Congratulations, Brent.
  Those are very nice rollers. Actually, though I am usually not very fond of ESBIT, the tablet burner makes it easier to run it...
  
  Happy New Year!
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• #7 Reply
  Posted by parallelmotion on 30 Dec, 2020 10:27
• Thank you for your comments. I don't like ESBIT fuel either, but just display the box of it from the 1950s. Judging by the missing tablets it was only fired once, so I will probably never run it on steam.
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