Great set of shots.
I’d forgotten about these little steam engines. I suspect now any child playing with one of these would have the health and safety hit squad on their doorstep within moments of lighting the methylated spirit burner! Sadly I suspect they have disappeared from a child’s toy box for the same reasons chemistry sets went out of fashion. Who didn’t enjoy growing copper sulphate crystals 🙂
Thank you so much, Mr C. This little engine must be around 50 years old. It had seized up a bit from many years of storage in the attic, but worked first time after a good clean & lube.
Apparently the litte boiler gets sooooooo darned hot – who knew it needed that HOT steam to work?
And, yeah, used to like playing with CuS04 and all the rest… (even though it tasted a bit funny!) 😉😜
I shivered with joy seeing these pictures and fully agree with the comment by Postcard Cafe. These days so many toys are made of plastic! I loved the video!!!
p.s. I only got dolls, my big brother had the chem set and the train set. Oh well, I enjoyed sewing tiny clothes for a very tiny doll I had and I suppose that practice enhanced my lifelong interest in details. And my brother turned out to be a chemistry professor. 😉
It seems Mamod still manufactures a range of these little engines – their entry-level one costing £135 (c $173). These must have gone up a fair bit in real terms over the decades – pretty sure that as a young lad I wouldn’t have been paying (the real-terms equivalent) of that kind of sum.
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Great set of shots.
I’d forgotten about these little steam engines. I suspect now any child playing with one of these would have the health and safety hit squad on their doorstep within moments of lighting the methylated spirit burner! Sadly I suspect they have disappeared from a child’s toy box for the same reasons chemistry sets went out of fashion. Who didn’t enjoy growing copper sulphate crystals 🙂
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Thank you so much, Mr C. This little engine must be around 50 years old. It had seized up a bit from many years of storage in the attic, but worked first time after a good clean & lube.
Apparently the litte boiler gets sooooooo darned hot – who knew it needed that HOT steam to work?
And, yeah, used to like playing with CuS04 and all the rest… (even though it tasted a bit funny!) 😉😜
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I shivered with joy seeing these pictures and fully agree with the comment by Postcard Cafe. These days so many toys are made of plastic! I loved the video!!!
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Glad you liked it, Anne. Seeing it in action again after so many years brought back some memories.
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Great images of a small engine, and I like the video with it’s sounds.
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Thank you, PB! Yes, seeing and hearing it in operation is rather quite fun.
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Cool set G!
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Thanking you kindly, J!
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I have to say, the still photos are really beautiful. Joe really enjoyed the video – OK, I did, too! Great fun, thanks!
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p.s. I only got dolls, my big brother had the chem set and the train set. Oh well, I enjoyed sewing tiny clothes for a very tiny doll I had and I suppose that practice enhanced my lifelong interest in details. And my brother turned out to be a chemistry professor. 😉
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It seems Mamod still manufactures a range of these little engines – their entry-level one costing £135 (c $173). These must have gone up a fair bit in real terms over the decades – pretty sure that as a young lad I wouldn’t have been paying (the real-terms equivalent) of that kind of sum.
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Thanks, Lynn. Very glad you both enjoyed it.
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