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.
Stationary Engines
1950
Turntable engine, locomotive vacuum operated, by Cowans Sheldon, Carlisle, c1950.
1833
Winding Engine, Stanhope & Tyne Railway, Weatherhill Incline Winding Engine, 1833 (vertical).
Slip coupling, for use with rope haulage, D-link forged type, 19th century.
Regulator valve from Winding Engine, Stanhope & Tyne Railway, Weatherhill Incline Winding Engine, 1833 (vertical).
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.
Length of steel hawser with crimped eyelet, for rope haulage.
Slip coupling, for use with rope haulage, D-link welded type, 20th century.
1832
Winding Engine, Leicester & Swannington Railway, Swannington Incline Winding Engine, 1832, horizontal.
1840
Hydraulic engine, designed by William Armstrong, c.1840, no provenance, probably used to operate a railway swing bridge.
Pulley, Liverpool & Manchester Railway, return pulley wheel and bearing block from rope haulage system, from Edgehill Stationary Engine.
Large metal section with hole in it, part of hydraulic engine, designed by William Armstrong, c.1840, no provenance, probably used to operate a railway swing bridge.
