Sheffield Steamfest 2026
Steam Rollers and Portables

This is one of a series of pages I have uploaded to illustrate facets of the steam rallies around the world, mainly in the UK. Such events occur all over the country in the summer months, click here for the Steamfest 2026 index and click here for the Surviving Steam Road Engines index.

My thanks to Wilson Lythgoe for making the effort to get a photograph of every item which was likely to be of interest to visitors to this website.

Steam Rollers

	Maker	Number	Date	Notes
	Aveling and Porter	11978	1928	6HP steam roller ‘Susie’, ex Fingal Council now owned by Terry & Sue Dooley
	Aveling and Porter	11979	1928	6HP steam roller DT type, purchased new by the Latrobe Councilspending its working life within the shire before placed in a Latrobepark in 1963. Now owned by Vivian Martin
	Marshall	83221	1926	A 6HP class ‘S’ roller engine purchased new by the Circular Head MunicipalCouncil who sold it to the Public Works department in 1953. The roller worked in the Stanley area from 1952 until 1956. It was purchased by Mr Hill of Launceston in 1958 and used for contract road rolling by the Lilydale Council. The roller was purchased by Pearn Brothers in 1968 and is now part of the Pearns Steam World collection at Westbury.
	Salisbury		1910	The Salisbury steam roller is historically significant as the only steam roller ever built in Tasmania. It was manufactured by the Salisbury Foundry (Salisbury Foundry Co. Pty. Ltd.), a prominent engineering firm based in Launceston. Owned by the Sheffield Steam & Heritage Centre
Non-working
	Aveling and Porter	10754	1926	Awaiting restoration/overhaul
	Marshall	84113	1927	7NHP compound roller ex Longford Council. Now owned by Chris & Vivian Martin. Awaiting restoration/overhaul.

Portable Engines

Unfortunately little is known about three of the portables on show. None is anything like serviceable condition. 

		Maker	Number	Date	Notes
		Marshall	81563	1926	A single cylinder portable 5HP engine with a star crowned firebox. Previously owned by Mr Kerwin of St Helens and used for driving a pump at a tin mine. Restored by the Pearn brothers in 1965 and now owned by Pearn’s Steam World, Westbury.
Non-working
		Marshall	59976		No information, awaiting restoration
		Marshall			Penny Portable, part sectioned. No information, awaiting restoration
		Ruston Proctor			No information, awaiting restoration