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Chris Graham on 6th February 2021
Val Moore reports from Ulster as a Crossley Brothers Heavy Oil Engine is started for the first time in its new home. Crossley Brothers Heavy Oil Engine saved!: The restored engine. It just needs the plumbing to be completed and…
Chris Graham on 3rd February 2021
Tractor Collection 2: Fordson E27N has just been published, and is the latest in the Kelsey bookazine series focussing on favourite Ford and Fordson tractors. Tractor Collection 2: Fordson E27N is the latest publication in the new vintage/classic tractor series…
Chris Graham on 28th January 2021
Hugh Dougherty reports on the much needed rescue package that’s now in place to save the 109-year-old Arrol crane, in Western Australia. Built in Scotland but now to be restored in Australia, this 109-year-old Arrol crane at Bunbury Timber Jetty…
Chris Graham on 19th January 2021
Old Glory Archive No. 2 – John Crawley Files – Steam Wagons, is the newly-released, second bookazine in the series that delivers a fascinating content for steam enthusiasts everywhere. This one includes a combination of both published and unpublished black…
Chris Graham on 15th January 2021
BR Standard Class 7 No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell is seen on a service train, while BR Standard 9F No. 92214, carrying the name Leicester City, waits to bring out the dining train stock on March 25th, 2018, at the Great…
Chris Graham on 11th January 2021
Volume 2 in the Narrow Gauge Steam bookazine series has just been published, offering a wealth of brilliant content for steam enthusiasts everywhere. The newly-published Narrow Gauge Steam, Volume 2. The second edition of Narrow Gauge Steam (& Other Railway…
Chris Graham on 9th January 2021
Essential repairs to the 119-year-old steam slipway at Balloch, on the shores of Loch Lomond, in Scotland, are finally underway. Maid of the Loch, successfully raised from Loch Lomond on the slipway, before the cradle broke on January 12th, 2019.…
Chris Graham on 8th January 2021
Adrian White reports on the welcomed purchase and re-homing in the UK of a rare and treasured beast! The Lion is safe again! Fowler 19782 making steam on November 2nd in its new environment at Stotfold. (Pic: Adrian White) The…
Chris Graham on 6th January 2021
Andy Selfe reports on a rare engine rescue in South Africa involving an 1895 Crossley and a Blackstone ‘Stamford’ stone mill. Rare engine rescue: Lifting the Crossley out of the building, complete; what a pleasure to see. However, it was…
Chris Graham on 23rd December 2020
Bob Moorman was lucky enough to see 1873 Fowler 12hp single-cylinder (No. 1908) ploughing engine back in steam after 90 years! This 1873 Fowler 12hp was back in team for the first time in 90 years in September. (Pic: Bob…
Chris Graham on 14th December 2020
Almost 450 heritage organisations in England have been awarded cash from the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage, as Colin Tyson reports. Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage to the rescue: The Great Dorset Steam Fair has been awarded £236,200 to help it…
Chris Graham on 10th December 2020
World of Ships: Olympic, Titanic & Britannic In the recently-published World of Ships: Olympic, Titanic & Britannic – the 16th in this fascinating bookazine series brought to you by the publisher of Ships Monthly magazine – you can read all…
Chris Graham on 9th December 2020
Bob Moorman reports on the great restoration progress being made on an interesting, 1936, diesel-powered Blackstone stationary engine. This rare Blackstone stationary engine was ‘run in’ using Roger Luck’s RSJ portable No 34240. (Pic: Bob Moorman) Down at the Pierce…
Chris Graham on 7th December 2020
The Farwell family, from Dorset, hosted the well-attended Stourpaine steam gathering early in September, as Paul Ritchie reports.
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