Caution: "Live Steam" is dangerous if proper precautions are not taken, know an engine is safe and what you are doing before firing it up.

Bassett-Lowke

Bassett-Lowke etablished in 1899, by Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke, was purchased by Corgi in 1996 and relaunched the brand 100 years later in 1999, but no longer offer live steam locomotives. Basset-Lowke was primarily a sales organization, contracting out the manufacturing of their products, often to German manufacturers.

The Bassett-Lowke Story by Roland Fuller, courtesy Google Books.

Bassett-Lowke Highland Locomotive and Tender

Thanks Lloyd Ralston Gallery

Type 4-4-0, gauge 2, manufactured in the early 1900's.

Bassett-Lowke 6661/0 LMR Locomotive and Tender

Thanks Lloyd Ralston Gallery

Bassett-Lowke 1052 L.M.S. Locomotive and Tender

Bowman

Bowman Models, founded by Geoffrey Jenkins, were made at Dereham, Norfolk between 1923 and 1935. Other products included stationary steam engines and boats powered by steam, clockwork and elastic.

Bowman 234 Locomotive

Thanks Frank C.

Thanks Nick S.

The Bowman 234 is a large engine for 0 Gauge, it is actually more to 1 gauge scale, an advertised feature when it was introduced: "The new oversize gauge gives "1" gauge appearance on standard "0" gauge track". Many actually run Lionel 0 Gauge Hogwart cars with this engine. Manufactured around 1925 to early 1930's. Heated by a six tube alcohol burner, speed is adjusted by adding more cars or capping off burner tubes. This engine requires track with at least a 48" diameter circumference and has deep flanges on the wheels so needs high rails, will not run on Mamod track.

Bowman 265 Locomotive

Thanks Nick S.

The Bowman 265 is a 0 Gauge but large scale engine, 10 1/2" long, 2 3/4" wide and 4 3/4" high. Manufactured around 1925 to early 1930's. Heated by a six tube alcohol burner.

Bowman 300 Locomotive

Thanks Nick S.

The Bowman 300 is a true scale 0 Gauge scale so can be run with most O gauge rolling stock. Manufactured around 1925 to early 1930's. Heated by a five tube alcohol burner.

Bowman 410 Locomotive

Thanks Nick S.

The Bowman 410 is the smallest of the four locomotives, true 0 scale so it is easy to find rolling stock for it. It is gear driven by a engine in the cab, manufactured briefly in 1932.

Mamod

The Mamod company was founded in 1937 in Birmingham in the British midlands by Geoffrey Malins. The name is a contraction of 'Malins Models'. The company went into receivership in 1980, but survived. Eric Malins, the Managing Director, and Steve Malins, his son, gave up control of the company, thus effectively ending the Malins family's relationship with Mamod. Since then the company has had several owners and manufacturing bases. It is currently (2006) in the ownership of the Terry family and is now based near its original home at Smethwick in the West Midlands. The company now produces a wide range of mobile engines, as well as some stationary models and machine tools.

Mamod SL-1, their original British style 0-4-0 tank locomotive

Thanks Mike

Mamod came later on the scene, introducing its first model railway in 1981, the O gauge live steam SL-1 locomotive, along with a small range of rolling stock and track. This was the first cheap, mass-produced live steam set in Britain and sold well. Mamod quickly added to the range with further locomotives, the SL-2 and SL-3, available in ready-to-run and kit form and in both O (32 mm) and 1 (45 mm) gauges. Special edition locomotives, further rolling stock and points were also made. These engines may be easily converted between the two gauges. These engines ran on solid fuel tablets.

New Mamod Locomotive

Thanks Nick S.

Introduced in 2009 the New Mamod Locomotive features a larger silver soldered boiler (to handle higher pressure) - 40 psi safety valve -  butane/propane gas fired - cab sighted steam regulator - cylinders with glands - improved forward/reverse lever - water level gauge - improved wheels, axles and chassis. A great safety feature is the fact that it will run out of gas before it runs out of water.

Mamod Rolling Stock

Classification

The Whyte notation for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte and came into use in the early twentieth century.

Whyte's system counts the number of leading wheels, then the number of driving wheels, and finally the number of trailing wheels as groups of numbers separated by dashes. Thus, a locomotive with two leading axles (four wheels) in front, then three driving axles (six wheels) and followed by one trailing axle (two wheels) is classified as a 4-6-2.

Other classification schemes, like UIC classification and the French, Turkish and Swiss systems for steam locomotives, count axles rather than wheels.

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