Steam Today

This is a Case 45hp traction engine, based on the engines produced at the beginning of the twentieth century. A rarely seen model in this country, it's a large engine with a good deal of technical interest (and fun to drive to boot). The model was completed in 2008 to the Ralph Andres design published in the USA - castings are available in this country from John Rex. Steel boiler with expanded tubes by Bell Boilers, working pressure 100psi. Feed by injector and half-speed double-acting pump (I know, "so why isn't that the same as a crank speed pump on a Burell" I hear you ask. In terms of output it is, but by gearing the pump down and then using both strokes to pump water you get a much smoother delivery, without hammering when running along on the road - pains me to say it, but the Americans got it right here).