2023 Great Dorset Steam Fair cancelled
Chris Graham on 6th January 2023
Chris Graham reports on the sad decision to cancel this year's Great Dorset Steam Fair; an event that's a favourite for so many enthusiasts.
Plant & Machinery
Cheffins auction prices very encouraging
Chris Graham on 5th January 2023
Peter Love reports on the encouragingly-positive sale prices seen at the recent Cheffins auction, where some very interesting lots were sold.
Rusty but interesting stationary engines on Suffolk coast
Chris Graham on 14th December 2022
John Webber reports on a trip to Aldeburgh, and the discovery of a number of rusty but interesting stationary engines.
Some of the finest combine harvesters!
Chris Graham on 2nd December 2022
Massey Ferguson’s Kilmarnock factory produced some of the best combine harvesters ever built. Here's our pictorial tribute to some of them.
Fowlers on parade!
Chris Graham on 28th November 2022
Alwyn Rogers reports on his Fowlers on parade at the 40th Anniversary Steam Rally held in the village of Slaidburn, in Lancashire.
Caterpillar’s first excavator
Chris Graham on 16th November 2022
The model 225 was Caterpillar’s first excavator, and was instrumental in the company becoming a world leader, as Keith Haddock explains.
Rare Bucyrus tracked steam shovel discovered!
Chris Graham on 2nd November 2022
Kevin Hoggett reports on a chance encounter he had with a pre-World War II Bucyrus tracked steam shovel in Colorado, USA.
Amazing Armstrong Whitworth stationary engine
Chris Graham on 1st November 2022
Jim Anderson reports on a Armstrong Whitworth engine (serial number 122), he bought as a 1926 7hp model with a Salmson magneto type M.1.3.
Blakesley Show vintage working weekend
Chris Graham on 31st October 2022
Peter Love reports on the Blakesley Show vintage working weekend organised by John Sheppard and friends in Northamptonshire recently.
Amberley Museum’s Steam Show report
Chris Graham on 25th October 2022
Simon Colbeck reports on the Timeline Events-organised photographic day which took place during the Amberley Museum’s Steam Show in July.
Rare 1930s sheep shearing set spotted at car show!
Chris Graham on 20th October 2022
Mark Tewkesbury reports on an unusual, 1930s sheep shearing set made in Birmingham, that he spotted at the recent Cranleigh Car Show.
West Cape Tractor & Engine Show
Chris Graham on 30th September 2022
Andy Selfe reports on the return of the West Cape Tractor & Engine show held in Villiersdorp, in the Overberg region of South Africa.
The brilliant Welland Steam & Country Rally
Chris Graham on 28th September 2022
Chris Graham visits the amazing Welland Steam & Country Rally, that’s grown to such a size that many now refer to it as ‘Little Dorset’!
Giant Terex and Titan diesel-electric trucks
Chris Graham on 27th September 2022
Keith Haddock reviews the history of Terex and Titan diesel-electric trucks produced by the Diesel Division of General Motors of Canada Ltd.
