Welland Steam Rally 2024
Showman's 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 Welland index and click here for the overall 2024 index.
In 2022 and 2023, the website was inaccurately advertising "Over 20 of the Showman's Engines" and finally this was achieved in 2024 although the claim seems to have vanished. I understand that the Scarborough collection is no longer touring but there were two showman's engines from Saunders.
Showman's Engines
Off the top of my head, I don't think there
will be a better line up anywhere else in 2024, although the revived Old Warden
event
may make a late challenge. The organisers inserted a right
angle bend in the line up for a change. I photographed the line up
of 17 engines individually in less than three
minutes of sun, which then vanished before I could get back to do all
together!
The previous year's freak show seems to
have been an unsuccessful experiment.
Just seeing a showman's engine 'out in the open at Welland' needs an early
start.
