Brought in by Lee Rollins of Pemberton. The Weeden Manufacturing Company's production of toy steam engines was founded by watch maker, William Nye Weeden. This U.S. company made its mark in history competing with German manufacturers from the Nuremberg area such as Bing, Doll, Marklin, Plank and Schoenner as well as Mamod, Bowman and Burnac in the UK. The Number 14, manufactured from the late 1800's up to 1940, was Weedens most popular engine. It has a six legged table style cast iron frame, a design shared with two other similar electrically heated models, the No.647 and No.648. The engine may be reversed simply by stopping it and flipping the flywheel in the other direction.
The boiler always had the distinctive four rows of rivets except for the last model, earlier models had a logo embossed on the end cap and a dark red cast iron base. The whistle and sight glass fittings were cast lead. Not all models were equipped with sight glasses.
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