Hi, as you may have
guessed this site is dedicated to Australian toy steam engines. There
seems to be a lot of information about British, German and American toy
steam engines but very little about Australian toy steam engines which
I hope to rectify with this site. I expect this site to grow slowly
over time as I manage to find information out about engines and
variations. Over 20 years ago my grandfather gave me a toy steam
engine that had been his as a boy. I loved that engine but
unfortunately broke it by running it dry. It then was sat on my
shelf in my room at my parents house for the next 14 years until I
collected it and took it back to my home. After looking at it for
another five years I finally decided to try and fix it and while
pondering how to fix it I went on holiday to the UK where I purchased
several English engines to play with before I attempted to repair my
grandfather's engine and that was that, I've been hooked since. I now
know my grandfather's engine was a Renown and have learnt considerably a
lot more about Australian engines which I hope to share on this site
and hopefully learn more from other like minded people. Have a browse, look at the pictures and let me know if it helped you or you have other information that could help this site. Not to mention if you have an Australian engine you no longer want please let me know.
6/1/08 Added Scorpion 0-4-0 loco details and photo 12/1/08 Added photos of a more complete Renown Steam Roller 23/1/08 Added some more information about LJP the Renown maker and prices from Hobbyco in the 50s. 29/1/08 Numerous additions, several more brands and more photos of existing brands, too many to add links to. Just have a browse 5/2/08 Added even more photos and a Contact Me page. 25/2/08 Added information and photos of Dikta engines 4/3/08 Started a restoration page, still a lot to add here. 16/4/08 Added some information about Eric Jeanerette Verticals and photos 27/5/08 Added another plan page for Renown Windmills in the Restoration Section and made them easier to download. 27/7/08 Updated Renown Vertical and added photos of box and funnel 12/8/08 Added Scorpion 4-4-0 loco and Wagons page, added a photo on Haynes, added extra photos on Scorpion 0-4-0 and added photos of Renown Roller box 20/8/08 Updated dates and added advert of Haussegger engine 24/11/08 Added photos of the cast aluminium Scorpion rolling stock 11/3/09 Updated and added new information on the Scorpion Vertical and added more photos and a video on Renown Windmill and more 6363 loco, Scorpion wagon pictures and a new Victor loco photo 25/7/09 Updated Kookaburra information and added sales brochures. 26/7/09 Added photos of the Eric Jeanerette 454 and a new brand Winwood
