WEEDEN TOY STEAM ENGINES

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Engine No.1, Drawing from Original Patent

The Weeden Manufacturing Company's production of toy steam engines has left a memorable legacy. Founded by an ingenious watch maker, William Nye Weeden, this U.S. company made its mark in history competing with German manufactures from the Nuremberg area such as Bing, Doll, Marklin, Plank and Schoenner as well as Mamod, Bowman and Burnac in the UK.

My retirement had given me more time to pursue my interest in toy steam engines, and I soon discovered there is actually very little available online information about Weeden Manufacturing's history or its products. The goal of this site, with the generous help of so many, is to preserve the history of these marvelous little engines.

I have tried to provide enough views of the various engines to make identifying them possible, I do have additional photos of some models on file and will gladly share them with anyone that needs more information for restoration purposes.

Determining the actual year of manufacture for many of the models is difficult, units such as the No. 14 were manufactured over so many years. Many factors come into play, availability of material, particularly during and after the war years, special models made for major retailers such as Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward, and sometimes it seems they may have used excess inventory of parts for slower selling units for the more popular sellers.

We have to bear in mind that at the time these were toys, built for the enjoyment of youths, not made as collectable items, A steel boiler was probably deemed sufficient to last for the few years that the engine would be played with, then put on a shelf and forgotten about until one of us old codgers would find it many years later.


For some reason Hotmail may not allow me to reply to their accounts, so that is why you may not hear back from me.

Frank Campbell




Horizontal Engines







No. 7


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No. 10


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No. 12


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No. 13


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No. 14


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No. 21


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No. 32


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No. 34


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Thanks Alan R.

No. NP43


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No. NP44


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No. 45


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No. 46


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No. 47


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No. 48


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No. 58


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No. 59


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No. 60


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Thanks Robin Corsiglia.

No. 70 - 71 -72


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No. 79


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No. 80


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No. 121


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No. 124

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Thanks Alan R.

No. 210 - 211 - 212


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No. 275


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Thanks Curt M.

No. 310 - 311 - 312

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Thanks Dave G.

No. 647

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No. 648

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Thanks Dave G.

No. 649


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Thanks Jeff H.

No. 666


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Thanks Jeff H.

No. 670

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No. 702

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No. 802


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Thanks Steamrgene

No. 900


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No. 902


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No. 903


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Thanks Dave G.

Upright Engines

No. 1


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No. 2


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No. 3


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Thanks Henry K.

No. 4


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Thanks Jeff S.

No. 4B


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No. 5


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No. 6


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No. 8


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Thanks JR
No. 9


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No. 15


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No. 16


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No. 17

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No. 18


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No. 19

weeden 19
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catalogue image


No. 20


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No. 22


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No. 23


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No. 26


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No. 33

Weeden 33
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No. 36 Pile Driver


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No. 37 Force


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Thanks Alan R.

No. 38


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Thanks Dave G.

No. 40 - 41 - 42


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No. NP41


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No. NP42


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Thanks Dave G

No. 43


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Thanks Steamrgene

No. 49


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Thanks Dave G.

No. 55 - 56 - 57


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Thanks Robin Corsiglia..

No. 74 - 75 - 76


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No. 77


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Thanks Steamrgene

No. 78


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No. 123


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Thanks Alan R.

No. 138


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Thanks Jeff H

No. 143


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No. 144


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No. 155


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Thanks Rob M.

No. 156


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Thanks Rob M.

No. 157


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Thanks Steamrgene

No. 207


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Thanks Vic C.

No. 238 - 239


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No. 338 - 339


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No. 340 - 341 -342


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No. 344 - 345


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Thanks Dave G

No. 400


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No. 420


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Thanks Tim Gaughan

No. 440 - 441 - 442


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No. 500


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Thanks Dave G

 

No. 641


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No. 642


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Thanks Steamrgene

No. 661


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Thanks Jeff H

No. 663 - 664


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Thanks Jeff H

No. 665


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No. 672


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Thanks Steamrgene

No. 675


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No. 720


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Thanks Rob M.


No. 741

Weeden No.741
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Thanks Russ S.
No. 815


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Thanks Steamrgene




Mobile Engines

No. 28 Locomobile


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No. 643


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Thanks Dave G.

No. 644


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No. 645


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Thanks Steamrgene

No. 646


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Photos thanks to:
continentalhobby.com


Weeden Dart


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No. 1 Locomotive


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Thanks Ken Trobaugh

No. 3 Locomotive


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Live Steam Fire Engine


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Thanks Hal Burchell

Side Wheel Steamboat


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Standard Porter
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No. 1 Steamboat Porter


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No. 1 & 2 Standard Steamboat


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Torpedo Style Steamboat No. 3


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Freighter Style Steamboat No. 3


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Thanks njdtoyz

 

Named Engines
Weeden Manufacturing identified most engines by numbers but a few were named.

Cornish Beam Engine


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The Favorite

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The Favorite Force Pump


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The Favorite Pile Driver


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The Favorite Derrick

Weeden Favorite Derrick
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Rotary

Rotary thmb

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Thanks FrankC

Mighty-Mite


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Thanks Rob M.


Electric Motors

No. 1 Electric Motor


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No. 101 Electric Motor


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No. 102 Electric Motor


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Thanks Tom

No. 103 Electric Motor
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No. 104 Electric Motor


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No. 105 Electric Motor


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Thanks Karen & Greg H.

No. 106 Electric Motor


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Thanks Dick

No. 107 Electric Motor


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No. 109 Electric Motor


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No. 110 Display

110thmb
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No. 111 Electric Motor


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Thanks Ronald B.

No. 112 Electric Motor


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No. 113 - 114 Motor


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Thanks John T.


No. 116 Display Board

Weeden No. 116

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No. 117 Electric Motor


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Accessories

No. 1 Shaft


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No. 2 Shaft


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No. 3 Shaft


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No. 4 Toolboard


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No. 65 Tool Shop


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No. 67 Saw


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No. 68 Emery Wheel


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No. 69 Stamp Mill


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Thanks Rick M.

No. 73 Transmitter


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Thanks Ken Trobaugh

No. 80 - 81 - 83 Windmills


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Thanks Alan R.

No. 83 - 84 Fountains

Weeden
                            Fountain
From Catalogue

 

No. 85 Trip Hammer


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No.115 Windmill


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Hoisting Drum


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Thanks Ken Trobaugh

Village Blacksmith


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Machine Shop Display


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Novelties

Pencil Sharpener


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Thanks John N.

Plantation Bank


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Thanks Andrew D.

Ding Dong Bell Bank


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Japanese Ball Tosser Bank

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Magic Lantern No.1


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Thanks Russ S..
Magic Lantern No.2


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Toy Electric Stove


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Thanks Mark

Pandeaphone

Weeden Pandeaphone

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Thanks Russ S.
Musical Watch

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Thanks Russ S.

Sewing Assistant


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Thanks Russ S.




 

 

Free Downloadable eBooks

A Catechism of the Steam Engine by John Bourne, C.E. - 1.5 MB .zip HTML document.

How a Steam Engine Works - 1.3MB .pdf file. reprint of Archibald Williams section on steam from "How Things Work"

The Stoker's Catechism by W.J. Connor - 156KB .zip file HTML doucment.

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