Old Warden
Steam Rally 2025
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 Old Warden 2025 index and click here for the overall 2025 index.
The line up of showman's engines here used to be second only to that at the Great Dorset Steam Fair, these days the number here and at Welland tend to be similar at just over 20, both having 21 in 2025.
Of course, the number available without paying extortionate appearance fees is limited and Old Warden staged something of a coup in attracting Fowler 14588 'Enterprise' which had not been seen on the rally field for very many years. It appeared externally unrestored, one of just a few which display their original patina.
This is what the gricers were photographing as seen on the menu page, a pair of engines which once worked for Thurstons. Having achieved that goal, they sent out for a third engine.
Showman's Engines - Burrells
Showman's Engines - All the Rest
