Engine Spotter’s Log: Steam Visit & Record Book

A visit and record book for museums, heritage railways and steam fairs: a spotter’s checklist of engine parts, pages to log the engines you see, sketch pages for moving parts, a flywheel timing table, a stair-climb horsepower test and a wish list of engines to see next.

What’s inside:

- The spotter’s checklist: tick off the parts you find

- Engines I’ve seen: three record pages

- Moving parts: two sketch pages

- How fast is it turning? A flywheel timing table

- The stair-climb test: work out your own horsepower

- Engines I want to see

- Credits, licence & sources

Pages: 11 (including cover and credits). Sizes: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both PDFs included in one zip.

Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter, so nothing gets squashed. Inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; covers are dark, so start from page 2 to save ink. Fill-in pages (logs and surveys) can be printed as often as you need for your own family or class.

Every fact is checked against Encyclopaedia Britannica, NASA Glenn Research Center and the Science Museum Group (checked 31 Oct 2026), and the sources are listed on each pack’s credits page. The cover uses two public-domain historic pictures (Puffing Billy and a traction engine) via Wikimedia Commons; inside pages are fill-in pages. Drawings, puzzles and layouts are REALLYBYTE’s own work. Not endorsed by Britannica, NASA or the Science Museum Group.

Licence: personal and single-classroom use. You may print as many copies as you need for your own family or your own class, and share it with your class through a password-protected platform. Please don’t resell, re-upload or share it publicly. For school-wide use, please email info@reallybyte.com.

Made by REALLYBYTE, the team behind steam.mechanics.im. Questions: info@reallybyte.com

This is a digital download: no physical item will be shipped.