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Ruston and Hornsby: Small Engines

From Graces Guide
Size 4 Class -VSO, No. 202745. diesel GEC Generator Set.
1905.
1905.
1905. Hornsby Oil Engine.
1908.
1917. 12-hp Hot Bulb Engine.
1920. Exhibit at Millicent Museum.
1920s. 4hp. Exhibit at the Dave Lee Vintage Engine Collection.
1921 open crank. Supplied as new to the New Forest Iron Works running as a coke fired forge boiler.
1923. Model IP. 5 hp. Petrol/TVO.
DP.
1924. 5.5hp.
1925. Model BPR. 4.5 hp.
1925.
1925.
1926. Model XS. Size E. Exhibit at the Museum of Lincolnshire Life.
1927. 2.5 hp.
Model OK. No 155245.
Model OK. No 155245. (Detail).
1929.
1929. 8 inch Gravel Pump.
1929. Model OK. 3.5 hp at 480 rpm.
1929. Model ZPR.
1925. Model BPR. 4.5 hp at 530 RPM.
1929. Model ZPR, 3 hp.
Exhibit at Whiteman Park, Perth.
1930.
5-hp.
1928 Model AP. 8 hp.
1928. Model AP.
1930. AP 10.5 hp.
1930. AP 10.5 HP.
1930. 10.5 hp.
1931. Model ZPR.
1931.
1930s. 3hp. Exhibit at the Dave Lee Vintage Engine Collection.
1933. 10 hp.
1934. Model AP.
1938. Model PT.
1938. Model PT.
1940. Ruston Hornsby PB.
1941. Ruston Hornsby Carrot Top engine.
1941. Model 1VTO. 5.5 hp.
1943. 1.5 hp driving a Climax water pump.
1946. Model PT with Wickman pump.
September 1947.
1948. Model PT.
1948. Model PT. 1.5 hp. No. 272913.
Model KPB.
1944. Model PB3.
1950. Oil Engine Mk I XHR.
1956. Model YB. 6 hp.
2.5 hp ABP.
1922 3.5 hp BPR engine running a RH water pump.
1925. 5-hp.
1928 4 hp. AP.
1928. 4-hp.
1934. 5-hp.
6PS. 2.5 hp engine with a second cylinder used as a compressor pump.
Exhibit at Internal Fire Museum of Power.

Note: This is a sub-section of Ruston and Hornsby

  • Introduced the IP (Industrial Paraffin) engine and remained in production until 1928
  • 1921 Introduced the AP (Agricultural Paraffin) engine. Available in sizes from 2.5 to 10.5 hp. Remained in production until 1947
  • 1921 OK engine. Sizes from 3.5 to 10.5 hp. Remained in production until 1941
  • 1922 PR engine. Remained in production until 1932
  • Mid-1924 Introduced the Horizontal M type engine. Available in eight sizes from 6 to 36 hp. Remained in production until 1937.
  • 1926-30 4PV petrol / paraffin engine rated at 3 bhp at 1,200 rpm.
  • 1929 6PS engine introduced
  • 1929 HR (single cylinder) engine. Produced until 1965. Ranged from the 1HR (5 bhp) to the 10 HR (87 bhp)
  • HRC (twin cylinder) engine
  • 1930 The VQ engine introduced
  • 1931 The JP engine produced (in conjunction with R. A. Lister and Co)
  • 1933 The 2PS engine introduced and continued until 1943
  • 1936 The PT engine introduced ranging from 1.5 to 4 hp. Around 12,000 were sold.
  • Mid-1930s The VSO, VTO, VWO, VYO, VSH, VTH and VYO engines were introduced
  • 1954 The YB vertical diesel engine introduced and rated from 4 to 13 bhp

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