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West Somerset Railway General Discussion

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by gwr4090, Nov 15, 2007.

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  1. maddog

    maddog New Member

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    Sorry to dig up an old post, but It'd seem to have been a Roper hot air engine, (arguably an internal combustion engine).Roper the Inventor was also possibly the first ever person to die on a motorbike!

    https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co208033/hot-air-engine this possibly be an identical one taken from Weston Old Junction. Built by Fox, Walker and Co of Bristol. It was displayed on the platform at Newton Abbot after being replaced. Although given how little information there is about the item on the webpage, it could be unrelated, but it seems to fit what was mentioned in the GWR magazine in the 1920s.
     
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    I don't think the water was ever taken directly from the steam. There is a well under where the water tower was and I am sure the water was pumped from the well.
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