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My Bowman E101 in original Green / Black and Signal Red colours
On the right you can see a scan of the brochure claiming a Bowman E101 could run a sowing machine of the time.
If you're interested in Bowman Steam Engines, you ought to read this book: "A Guide to Operating and Maintaining Bowman Stationary Steam Engines" by Owen Roberts. This is a very useful book for both the novice and experienced steamer, and includes a detailed list of all the stationary engines produced by Bowman.
In 1923 Hobbies set up a partnership with Geoffrey Bowman-Jenkins to produce a range of steam engines to be sold under the Hobbies name.
Between 1925 and 1936 Geoffrey Bowman-Jenkins also produced a range of steam engines, which were sold under the Bowman name. These Bowman Models were made at Dereham, Norfolk between 1925 and 1936. In addition to the engines Bowman also produced steamboats and a steam railway system. Pitched at the upper end of the market Bowman products were superbly made, which accounts for the number surviving today.
Bowman E101
I only own one stationary Steam Engine at the moment, and that is a fantastic Bowman E101 that I have just finished restoring
The Bowman E101 is a wooden based version of the Bowman M101, Bowman's biggest stationary steam engine. These engines can run for over an hour and a half on one filling.
To watch one of these beasts chugging away, is what toy steam is all about.
