© Vin Callcut 2002 Summary The steam turbine was invented about 150BC by Hero, a Greek physicist in Alexandria, Egypt. It was a stationary engine driven by jets on the rim of a sphere. He wanted to put it to good use as a locomotive engine. He was advised by Phoenician traders to go to … Read more
Vin’s Articles, non-technical “Three Men in a B”, V. A. Callcut, Bentley Drivers Club Review, 1967, April, No. 84, pp123-128.‘Callence Preservation’ Model Railway Constructor, 1970, 37, 433, May pp132-137 and cover.‘Englische Spotters in Deutschland’, Railway World, 1972, 33, 387 August, pp 360-363‘How to Make More Brass’, NMRA Roundhouse, 1987, Nov, pp13-14.‘The Bowser Turntable’, NMRA Roundhouse … Read more