Vintage Thing No.12.2 - The Trojan Utility engine again
I often visit the Launceston Steam Railway . It's a kind of drop in centre for the oily fingered and connoisseurs of Vintage Things. Since last year, they've made a few changes to the displays in the workshops. For the early part of the summer the place was closed but on a wet and dreary day last month I dropped in and - lo and behold! - found a cut away engine of the Trojan two stroke engine. The Trojan van at the Launceston Steam Railway Previous examinations of these Vintage Things offered some answers but raised more questions. A close look at the engine was what I really needed - don't bother looking under the bonnet, it's under the floor. There's always been at least one Trojan car in the little museum at the Launceston Steam Railway but now there's a van this splendid cut away examples of the extraordinary engines these things have. But don't worry - no working examples of Trojan engines were harmed or destroyed in making this display. I ...