Old Warden Steam Rally 2025
General Engines, Part 1
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 2025 index and click here for the overall 2025 index.
Here, for a change from the usual rich diet of 'pretty girls' is a pair of Aveling and Porter tractors.
The bulk of the engines here I call 'general' which excludes those which I would call 'specialists' and get a separate section. These tend to be agricultural and haulage engines although many will have historically doubled up. The larger ones are just perfect for giving trailer rides for those less athletic visitors who find walking to the far end of the site a challenge. I'm not yet at that stage of my life and on Friday I walked over 10km searching out engines. We were returning home on Saturday afternoon so I didn't match that, but I have been sleeping well since!
