Old Warden Steam Rally 2013
Working Engines
This is one of a series of pages which I have uploaded to illustrate facets of steam rallies we have attended in the UK. Such events occur all over the country in the summer months, they are easily found by using your favourite search engine and may have anything between a handful of steam engines and hundreds (as at the Great Dorset Steam Fair which could probably be fairly described as having an excess of riches). Click here for the Old Warden index and click here for the overall index.
By working engines, I mean steam engines which did more than sit looking beautiful or amble round the main arena to have their pictures taken. To these engines should be added the Shand Mason fire engine pumping water for its fellows and many of the showman's engines which were generating electricity for the rides. Click here for a video clip which includes the sawing, threshing, steam yachts and the Shand Mason fire engine. The SteamScenes links for these engines appear on the individual engine type pages.
Steam Sawing
Two saw benches were working, we had seen the first one (Ruston and Hornsby 115100/1922) also at Lincoln. The second engine is Aveling and Porter 9096/1920.
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Steam Threshing
A small Marshall tractor (36258/1902) driving a Marshall thresher.
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Showman's Engines
See also the main page on showman's engines. These engines are powering the organs.
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Burrell 3890/1921, the entertainers are from the "Saunders Collective". Music is courtesy of a 98 key 1876 Gavioli organ. Click here for a video clip. |
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Burrell 3926/1922, I believe it is powering an 89 key Marenghi organ | |||
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Fowler 15657/1920, I believe it is powering an 89 key Marenghi organ |
Harry Lee's Steam Yachts are a treasure... The young lad who gave me a quick tutorial had come all the way from Lancashire to run it, absolutely brilliant, say no more. The large engine is Savage 867/1915 and the small engine which drives the organ is its original partner 868.
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If you like this sort of thing then try David Collidge's Steam Scenes http://www.steamscenes.org.uk/