WHY THIS WEBSITE?

It has been created as a link to my youTube channel so that files can be downloaded.

I had just finished my second engine; a 7.25" Kerr-Stewart 'Princess' class when a visitor to my club track brought a 5" version of a coffee pot.  It intrigued me and so I built this 7.25" version.  After, I decided to print the drawings and photos in A4 book form and sell them.  A small print run lasted several years!  However, after they all sold I didn't bother to repeat the trial.

Now that I'm in my 90's I suppose these drawings would end up in some archive but rather than let that happen, I'm putting them on the internet.  A set of drawings for any engine can be expensive, a standard gauge model with all its trimmings can be over £100.  

As soon as anything of any complexity is available, it always costs money.  Quite right too; hard work and time doesn't come cheaply.  Somebody who might be tempted to make an engine can be put off simply by the cost of the drawings.

Thus: the reason for this site.

All the drawings (51), the dxf files for laser cutting (16) and 70 helpful photos are all 

                FREE

There are no conditions.  Who knows, somebody in the world might like to make one or maybe several!  Just acknowledge me as the designer. Should you feel the desire to make a donation, then I'm sure you have a favourite charity who would welcome one.

These are the nine pre-digital photos of the full size engine taken inside the Welsh museum which is what I based my engine on. There are much better professional photos at the Talyllyn website which weren't available at the time.

These are the only photos I have of my engine.

Links:

Bristolmodelengineers.co.uk