The Unofficial Mamod and Other Steam Forum

pauly · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:01 pm Post subject:

why not nail all your engines to 1 big board and call it 1 engine.

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Roly Williams · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:11 pm Post subject:

Les Marsh · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject:

TRAPPERKEEPER · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject:

So hard to pick one.... but I'd go with either my Mamod roadster or Wilesco D21

MooseMan · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject:

My Wilesco D45.....my long-lost dad gave me that on my 10th birthday, as he'd promised to do ever since I was 5 or so......as an engine it's nothing special, but the sentimental value outweighs any notion of value or rarity.

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RocDoc · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject:

This is turning into a really interesting topic because there is such a wide spread of makes that are listed. I did think that when I first posted the thread there would one or two makes that would dominate but this is clearly not the case. What a fantastic range of engines we all have.

Pete

johnreid · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 10:54 pm Post subject:

To be honest, two were more or less gifts, no money in the world can buy those. I also have a couple that I hold to be special and if I had to part with them I would not be a very happy camper. Friends criticize me for having any, but the fun and enjoyment I get from them in a normally depressing world gives them a value that can not always be measured with monetary value.
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bessytractor · Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 11:09 pm Post subject:

seriously, if I were to keep an engine, it would be my Midge

not toy steam, but steam none the less.
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Stitch · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 1:35 am Post subject:

For me it would be my David Auld verticle because its solid construction means it will last forever. Also, I will always remember it because I paid far too much for it

and it won me engine of the month

igy569 · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 4:44 am Post subject:

WOW!!

I have never even heard of half of the engines mentioned here. I am trying to win an old rather beat up Mamod on ebay right now. Cause 20-30 bux is all I can afford, and shipping is a killer right now.

steamyman · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 4:53 am Post subject:

I'd keep this

- boiler was a gift from my uncle.

Wallace · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 5:21 am Post subject:

Hard question. As much as I like the earlier engines I own, and the OZ one, I would have to keep my SE2a.

It was my first engine, and a great runner
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Mister Occlusion · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 10:03 pm Post subject:

Probably my Jensen 20

Though I'd be reluctant to part with any of my modified Jensens
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Minor1PJG · Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 10:05 am Post subject:

My first MM1, from my 9th birthday - no surprise there then

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Marriott1066 · Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 11:18 am Post subject:

I'd keep my first engine se2 not perfect but has a good character!!