Really enjoyed this video. I married in 1967 and moved to our first house 300 yards up the hill from the factory in Quarry Bank. Sam says business started in Birmingham but Quarry Bank is not in Birmingham ; it is in the West Midlands. Birmingham City centre is about10 miles eastwards.

I had a TE1 bought for me 50 years ago as a child, it was little used as I set the carpet on fire by overfilling the burner! I still have it and it's in excellent condition and runs a treat. (I'm more careful these days!).

How great is this music. I grew up watching The Iron Maiden and Tichfield Thunderbolt. This is the first time I’ve heard the music from The Iron Maiden other than that film.

I got hold of a Mamod SE3 from a School jumble sale a few years ago and was always planning to clean it up and run it out of nostalgia. This engine is filthy but complete and has Griffin and George badged base. On checking i discovered these were educational models that had tougher boilers for exrra safety? The engine i guess was property of the School i bought it from and was £20 so a nice cheap Mamod.

Im in Canada I was given an early 60s Mamod TE1 steam traction engine when one of my great uncles passed. I have ran it a few times over the years but mostly it sits on the shelf to look at. I now have grandkids and I have ran it for them once. they found it facinating. I have owned it for over 50 yrs.

Beautiful restoration on your blue one great job

Very interesting, Samuel. Thank you very much. I still have my TE1a traction engine in its original sturdy cardboard box. It was bought by my Father for a Christmas present in - I know not when - mid 1960s, perhaps - from 'A W Gamage' in Holborn.

Nice to learn a little more about Mamod's history and range. I bought a Centurion just a few days ago.

Live steam toys are such fun mechanical devices that captivate many of all ages, but nowadays they’re mostly for the collectors. I wish there were more affordable options for kids to get into.

This is definitely another educational video that's worth listening and watching. The educational video narrator lectures about the history of this long-deceased ancient toy company. In the very way how these water powered toys were manufactured.

Thanks for a lovely nostalgia kick of a video. I've been fascinated by live steam since I was a small boy. I had a Mamod SE3 stationary engine which gave me and my friends hours of entertainment. I hadn't seen it in years but recently found it again still in its box just waiting to be loved once more by a boy who grew up long ago😊. Actually it was my old Mamod that got me looking on KZfaq. That's how I found you.

10/10 Thank you. I have had a steam truck for over 40 year, still mint condition and runs like a steam clock :-)

Very well put together and great to show the different mamod steam models.....if all being good with Covid me and my life long school friend were at Christmas going to fire up our engines as we did as young lads back in the 1970s

i first discovered these amazing live steam model engines back in 2005 when i was 8 years old when my Dad brought a brand new Mamod traction engine home that he had brought as a birthday gift for my Grandad and they both had fun steaming the engine up but eventually my Grandad gave me the Mamod traction and i have also had great fun steaming it up with my Brother and more importantly i still have it and its been fitted with a new boiler and fire box

This is a truly incredible video

Thanks for this,having had a SE2 stationary engine in the 1950's ,and still regret losing along the way

The equivalent to Mamod's stationary steam plant in America was Gilbert. Mine had the same type of paraffin fuel and my dad had also bought the little generator for it. His uncle had a real steam tractor and my dad loved steam tractors. Fun fact: We lived in a rural area and during the winter losing electric power during snow storms was not unusual, and I would get out my little steam plant so that we could have a little light. Not much, equivalent to a candle, but more fun then stumbling around in the dark. I've always thought that a steam powered back-up generator made more sense then the gasoline powered generators that most people had. Gasoline can go bad and run out, but a wood fueled steam engine would always have fuel available.

The Steam roller was just about affordable. The car, traction engine and others were for the rich kids. Great 'toys' though they did really need adult supervision if vintage. Good, well researched and interesting film...

Thank for this very interesting video.

Fantastic video 👍👍

Brilliant video 👍

looking forward to seeing the mammon steam railway stuff.

Lovely video mate and a beautiful mamod you have

Neat video. Personally I prefer my Wilesco. I actually just got my first RC setup for it, to control direction and steering. I think I'll convert it to be like the old CASE steam engine great grandpa used to run years ago.

An entertaining video, thank you. Not totally accurate but fun all the same.

Very Good!

Getting my first Mamod this weekend!

интересно,спасибо!

Truly an exquisite story about a company that makes the best steam models in the world. You are a brilliant story teller. Great video

I have a mamod now and at 15 there's nothing more exciting than steam

Excellent story. They should have built them for the American market too..

Super, j’adore votre commentaire, j’ai 5 machines Mamod

Nice work Sam

Great video 👍

Such an interesting video. I have a Mamod Steam Tractor which belonged to my late aunt. I don't know where she got it. She always wanted to see it working, but it has some parts missing. I would dearly love to have it restored in her memory. Do you know anyone who does that sort of work please?

Did you make a video on the Mamod steam locomotives?

Enjoyed that. Are Mamod still making models? An uncle gave me a small static in the 70s. Ran on meths! which was a faff and when I ran out I started burning wood or lubricating oil which in the end spoiled it. I guess I didn’t fully appreciate it fully at the time but now, I’d enjoy owning and operating another. I see more stuff from Wilesco online. Are Mamod no longer around?

Wish they would do a THE RAILWAY CHILDREN VERTION.

That Scot at 1 .15 is hunting about a bit

Whose steam tractors are better? From Wilesco or from Mamod?

I just bought the blue lorry (truck)

Brilliant video! Where did you source the music from the Iron Maiden please?

Meh... i still like Wilesco more but cool video (plus it is really cool to see some differences between british and german engineering)

Where can I get that purple spirit?

Got a mamod steam roller 2 hours ago

its believed the their steam roller design was based off a similar live steam portable model engine that being made at that time. don't know if this story is true or not

WHY IS IT..I NEVER SEE THEM IN SHOP S ON SALE?????

you need to get more cars for sale I notice you only had 3 for sale but sold out of them ...

Are you the same guy who speaks with Neil Oliver?

WISH THEY WOULD DO A CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG CAR.😢😢😢😢

1:08 and Foamers were born! (Oh god please help)

I am executor to an estate which includes a collection of steam engines, both stationary and mobile. I have been able to check on their authenticity online but there is one that I cannot find anywhere. It is a six wheeled SW1 heavy haulage truck with a jib fitting on the back. It is painted maroon and black and in very good condition, Mamod don't seem to have any record of it but it is a genuine Mamod. On the side of the cab roof is written: 'restored by P. S. Wilson'. If anyone can help I would be grateful as I need to sell the collection and need to know what price to put on each engine.

Fank you for the video now I know that my mamod minor 2 is a mamod not a wilesco

I WISH THEY WOULD MAKE STEAM BOAT,S 😮😮😮😮

A mamod steam engine is not a toy it is a working model

Not a bad video. Would have been nice if your images were the correct age/year as you were talking about them. Such as the stationary engines, first roller image was of a later one, as with the wagon. Green was the first one. Otherwise enjoyed the advert you had put in.

the fuel tablets don't light that easily

Too expensive for me now..😢😢😢😢

No toys to occupy? How about Meccano?

I don't mean to be rude, but these are not classed as toys! These are actually working steam model's. For children to use them ideally should be supervised by an adult. Please refer them as models