Live Steam

Live Steam Auctions

Live steam engines come in all shapes and sizes from small Mamod and Willesco stationary engines through 2.5 to 7 inch gauge railway locomotive up to full size steam rollers and tractors.

Live Steam & Mechanical Engineering Items Recently Sold at Auction

Exhibition standard 7¼ inch gauge 1.5 inch to the foot live steam 4-6-0 British Railways, ex GWR tender locomotive King Edward I No 6024

Sold for £49,600

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Four inch scale Burrell single crank compound live steam traction engine

Sold for £23,000

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A 3 scale Marshall live steam traction engine

Sold for £5,200

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A large model live steam beam engine

Sold for £2,400

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Victorian 8 inch gauge 2-4-0 live steam tender locomotive Empress dated 1871

Sold for £30,000

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Exhibition standard 7¼ inch gauge 1.5 inch to the foot live steam 4-6-0 British Railways, ex GWR tender locomotive King Edward I No 6024

April Auction

To include toys, live steam & model engineering, musical instruments, vinyl records, pictures & paintings, books, ephemera, stamps, classic cars & motorcycles and motoring & transport.

15th - 16th Apr 2026 | 10:00 am

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