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Stationary engines

These engines tell the story of stationary power application on the railway, whether winding and haulage, driving or pumping, and represent the use of both steam and hydraulic power.

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Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

Swannington Incline Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, 1832

1832

Winding Engine, Stanhope & Tyne Railway

Winding Engine, Stanhope & Tyne Railway

1833

Weatherhill Incline Winding Engine, 1833

Weatherhill Incline Winding Engine, 1833

1833

Hydraulic Engine

Hydraulic Engine

1840

Hydraulic engine, designed by William Armstrong, c.1840, no

Hydraulic engine, designed by William Armstrong, c.1840, no

1840

Regulator valve from Winding Engine, Stanhope & Tyne Railway, Weatherhill Incline Winding Engine, 1833 (vertical).

Regulator valve from winding engine

1833

Swash plate engine, horizontal, two cylinder high-speed engine of novel and unorthodox design, believed to have been the work of G. Messenger, Superintendent of Marine Engineering to the London, Chatham and Dover Railway prior to 1899, originally used in Dover Docks.

Swash plate engine, Dover Docks

Turntable engine, locomotive vacuum operated, by Cowans Sheldon, Carlisle, c1950.

Turntable engine

1950

Length of steel hawser with crimped eyelet, for rope haulage.

Steel hawser

Slip coupling, for use with rope haulage, D-link forged type, 19th century.

Slip coupling

Slip coupling, for use with rope haulage, D-link welded type, 20th century.

Slip coupling

Hot Air Engine, ex Newton Abbot.

Hot Air Engine

Hydraulic engine, designed by William Armstrong, c.1840, no provenance, probably used to operate a railway swing bridge.

Hydraulic engine

1840

Beam Engine, Soho beam engine ex Shildon Works.

Beam engine from Shildon Works

Small pulley wheel, part of pulley, Liverpool & Manchester Railway, from Edgehill Stationary Engine.

Pulley Wheel

Small pulley wheel, part of pulley, Liverpool & Manchester Railway, from Edgehill Stationary Engine.

Pulley Wheel

Bearing block from rope haulage system, part of pulley, Liverpool & Manchester Railway, from Edgehill Stationary Engine.

Bearing Block

Return pulley wheel from rope haulage system, part of pulley, Liverpool & Manchester Railway, from Edgehill Stationary Engine.

Return Pulley Wheel

Round flange with rectangluar base and screw for tightening, part of pulley, Liverpool & Manchester Railway, from Edgehill Stationary Engine.

Flange

Section of fish belly rail, part of pulley, Liverpool & Manchester Railway, from Edgehill Stationary Engine.

Fish Belly Rail

Half of bracket, part of pulley, Liverpool & Manchester Railway, from Edgehill Stationary Engine.

Bracket

Half of bracket, part of pulley, Liverpool & Manchester Railway, from Edgehill Stationary Engine.

Bracket

Pulley, Liverpool & Manchester Railway, return pulley wheel and bearing block from rope haulage system, from Edgehill Stationary Engine.

Pulley, Liverpool & Manchester Railway