The Rubens Maskinhistorika Samlinagar at Götene

The International Steam Pages

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Paul Gilbey reports on an extraordinary collection of nearly 100 road steam engines (as listed in the European Traction Engine register, 4th edition), perhaps not surprisingly more than 50 are portable engines from a single maker, the Swedish company Munktells, whose Type H portables is the most numerous type of engine still in existence in Europe. Paul points out that while the vast majority seem to be under cover, even those in the accessible main display are cramped and difficult to photograph and there is no easy access to those in other sheds which are not in public view. In addition to the '100', there are a number of unlisted engines which are incomplete to a greater or lesser extent! The engines have consciously been left 'as found', this accords with the philosophy of curator Tore Blom and, in any case, restoration in any numbers would be prohibitively expensive and impractical. Paul would like to thank Tore for his time and hospitality

Not all these engines were what I would call 'working exports' but were instead bought in to broaden the offering.

General Engines

Advance Rumley	14984/1919	Avery	2245/1909
Case	14809/1904	Huber	2228/1893
Huber	10763/1917	Munktells	5216/1913
Munktells	5605/1914	Munktells	5642/1915
Munktells	5668/1915	Westinghouse	1838/1913
Westinghouse	1880/1913

Munktells Portables

Munktells	K2 Unidentified	Munktells	Unidentified/1874
Munktells	792//1885	Munktells	2572//1902
Munktells	2791/1903	Munktells	3130/1905
Munktells	3188//1905	Munktells	3267/1906
Munktells	3666/1907	Munktells	3795//ca 1909
Munktells	4723/1912	Munktells	5779/ca 1915
Munktells	5785/1915	Munktells	5836/ca 1916
Munktells	5839/1916	Munktells	6124//1918
Munktells	6223/1917	Munktells	6493/1919

Other Portables

Brown and May	5963/1897	Farquhar	9403
Foster	13698/1914	Foster	14013/1914
Kampen	unknown	Kristinehamn	49/1886
Kristinehamn	unknown	Marshal	Unidentified
Marshal	29077	P A Vens et CIE	/ca 1860
Robey	33158/1914	Torps	44/1884
Torps	110/1888	Unknown (English boiler)
Unknown		Unknown