The Bill Kemball Collection

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 overall index for 2023.

Paul Gilbey writes: "I had an enjoyable day at the Bill Kemball's Power of the Past Collection at RAF Bentwaters in Suffolk on Saturday which resulted in 10 new engines. The light in the buildings was not brilliant for photography being a mixture of artificial and natural sources either through glass or large open doors. Three portables were in steam. The actual collection is very large and consists mainly of tractors but also has cars, trucks, combines, military vehicles and some horse carts but everything is well set out in a number of buildings. The Robey TE was an interesting engine in terms of design. Another very rare beast was the petrol powered cable ploughing engine made by Fowler, one of only two known to still exist. I have also included a photo of a Marshall dockside steam raiser which was used to provide steam to steam ships when in port. I was told that they were quite common once but I am unsure how many survive now. The large Ruston and Hornsby steam crane was an impressive sight and was much larger than the Erie machine from Statfold Barn seen at Welland in 2016."

General Engines

	Maker	Number	Registration	Notes
	Burrell	3249/1910	CT 3861	Weeting Rally 2018 Picture  Grand Henham Rally 2017 Picture  Grand Henham Rally 2019 Picture
	Fowler	18155/1929	AV 9387	"Robert the Bruce"  SteamScenes Link
	Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies	26994/1916	WT 1271
	Robey	19435/1899	AO 8122	"General Smuts"

Ploughing Engines

	Maker	Number	Registration	Notes
	Fowler	15334/1919	NO 2045	"Lady Jane"
	Fowler	15335/1919	NO 2044	"Lady Caroline"

Portable Engines

	Maker	Number	Notes
	Clayton and Shuttleworth	28697/1887	Repatriated from South Africa
	Foster	14724/1941
	Marshall	44260/1906	Britannia boiler Exported to Chile Repatriated in 2004 Bressingham event 2023 picture
	Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies	32084/1921	Repatriated from Chile in 1990s Bressingham event 2023 picture
	Robey	10809/1891
	Robey	25961/1906
	Robey	37871/1918

Steam Crane

	Maker	Number	Notes
	Ruston and Hornsby

Portable Boiler

	Maker	Number		Notes
	Marshall			There is a similar boiler at Westonzoylan pumping museum.

Petrol Motor Cable Ploughing Engine

	Maker	Number		Notes
	Fowler			See also my Crockey Hill (2016) report for its 'twin'.