2009 land speed record breaking British Steam Car

New for this year – The 2009 land speed record breaking British Steam Car! Meet the car’s record breaking team members including Project Manager Matt Candy doing talks about his experiences and achievements with the Steam car. You can also learn about how the steam car was built, works and have the opportunity to sit in the car’s cock pit!

Aveling & Porter 10ton traction engine "Queen Victoria"

The engine spent its working life driving a threshing machine, working in the Tamar Valley, on either side of the Devon/Cornwall border. She spent her last years of commercial life driving a rack saw bench, and latterly making coffin boards and firewood for the local community. Queen Victoria was acquired for preservation in 1970 and following a twenty year major rebuild, was returned to the rally scene in time for her centenary in 1999.

4” Scale Burrell 6NHP Traction Engine “Warrior Queen” And Traditional 4” Scale Traction Wagon.

Built Over A 2 Year Period (2005 – 2007), From A Series Of Kits. Registered For Road Use2007(RX57GLF) Built , Owned And Driven By Colin Alexander of Staines Middlesex.

Fowler A9 single cylinder agricultural traction engine 4” scale

One of the two engines build together over a fice year period between 1990 and 1995 by Colin Ponder of Leeds and built from oeifinal drawings from John Fowler Engineering of Leeds, which have been scaled down. The engines was bought by the owners in 1996 at The Harrogate Model Engineering Exhibition and since 1996 Joey has travelled extensively to Steam Rallies throughout The North, The Midlands, The South of England and Normany, France. The Engines is one of only four of this scale and model in the country. Joey weights 3/4 Ton and has a top speed of 6mph on the road. He has pulled a traction engine weighing 4 ton across a rally field.

Foden Steam Wagon

A tipping lorry built in 1931 used by a flint quarry in Crewe. Completed the London to Brighton commercial vehicle run in 2005.

Steam Pinnace

Built in 1911 she was on board HMS Monarch during WWI. During WWII she was crewed by Wrens and used for maintenance of buoys in Portsmouth harbour.

Fowler 7 nhp single cylinder Traction Engine

This model was mostly used for road haulage. The owner started building this model in July 1993. It was nominally finished at Christmas 2005, a total of 11 and a half years. The engine is made mostly from scrap metal. Everything is fabricated except for cylinder block, flywheel, differential gear which were machined from castings. The boiler was commercially made. All the bearings were manufactured from phosphor bronze reclaimed from redundant railway tanker valves.

Stanley Steam car

Seven seat open tourer built in 1911.

Garrett Steam Tractor - No. 33782 ‘Dorothy’

Bought new by William Flowers & Sons Ltd steam timber saw mills in Berkshire in 1919. Used to haul logs, sawn timber & other equipment as well as other duties. During WWII it hauled ammunition boxes.

Babcock & Wilcox 4nhp 10-ton Roller No. 95/4014 Monarch. Reg. No. YB 5088

Sold in 1926 to W.W Buncombe of Highbridge, Somerset. Sold into preservation in 1964 and acquired by present owner in 1987. New riveted firebox fitted in 1994. Exhibited with Baker water cart and 1895 showman's living van/packing truck

4” scale Burrell agricultural traction engine and wagon

This engine’s first rally was the Burrell Museum Road Run, Thetford, Norfolk in 2006 - the year she was built.

Miniature Burrell traction engine ‘Madeline’

Painted in ‘County Show’ livery. Built from model works kit 4” to the foot in 2006.

Shand Mason horse drawn steam fire engine

The 'Brigade' Steamer is a horse-drawn steam fire engine, circa 1908, with a Shand Mason Engine and the Brigade is proud to have this restored and running. The origins of this particular fire engine are in some doubt, but it is a smaller type of steamer of the type used in country districts early in the 20th century. It is known to have been on the Duke of Bedford's Estate, in Thorney, Cambridgeshire, before the Second World War. During the war, it came under the control of the National Fire Service and was situated at Thorney Fire station, Cambridgeshire.

Geoff Hudspith

Steam bicycle and gramophone.

Daffodil Burrell “A Class” Roller AF9803

This engine has been rallied extensively in the South and South West and is a very well known engine. She has attended rallies from 1969 when originally purchased by Derek and Nigel Isaac.

Daffodil worked in the West country for most of her life until sold to James and Crockrell of Amesbury, Wilts, then moved on to Sussex and back to Hampshire in 1969. Nigel Isaac and his father restored her to the current condition, putting in a new firebox, reconditioning gears and motion work, retubing and repainting.

1916 20 H.P. Stanley Roadster Steam Car

Stanley built 24 cars of this model in 1916, only 2 examples have survived which are this car EL1004 and a similar one in the USA which was found in an orchard with a tree growing through it. EL1004 was donated to the Massachusetts Motor Museum by the then American odenniswner but the car was not in good enough order to go on display. The museum decided to sell the car as being surplus to requirements in 1974 and it was bought by Mr. Dennis Brooks in Yorkshire. The car has been mechanically restored including a new boiler fitted in 2009. The upholstery, though worn, is original and it can safely be said that EL 1004 is the only original 726 in the world.

Fowler DNA 10 Ton Steam Roller

Adagio was built in 1931 and was in working use right up until 1962. Adagio is currently undergoing restoration by the Present owner, and any information on the engine would be gratefully received.

Aveling & Porter Steam Roller Works no. 11640

Purchased new in 1926 by WC French & Co of Buckhurst Hill, Essex where it worked until it was sent for scrap in 1956. Recovered from a London scrap yard in 1973 and restored over the next 20 years with a new firebox, boiler barrel, tubes and tube plates and many missing or worn components were replaced. First rallied in 1993.

1929 Foden "C" type cider tanker

Works no. 13316. Built in 1929, the wagon then spent its working life as a Tar Tanker before going straight into preservation in the 1950s. Bought by the current owners in 2001 who have carried out extensive boiler and cosmetic works.

10 ton, 6 HP, piston valve, Aveling and Porter ‘E’ type steam roller, Majesty

Majesty was sold new to Derbyshire county council in 1923 where she worked for nearly 40 years. She was then purchased by Stowe Brothers of Sleaford in 1960, who steamed her for a season and then laid her up for around 30 years. She was then purchased at auction in 1996 by Mr Maurice Forman of Lincolnshire who restored her to her present condition. The current owner, Andy Barrett, purchased the roller from Lincolnshire and brought her back to the Island in January of this year.

Wallis & Steevens 8nhp Single Cylinder Traction Engine

She is a Wallis & Steevens 8nhp single cylinder traction engine fitted with Wallis's patent expansion gear. Built in 1899 works No 2459 she is now named "Pride of Bangbourne". Supplied new to agricultural contractors Watson Garbutt of Seamer, Yorkshire in 1899 by 1921 the engine had been registered by Joseph Booth of Hoton, Leicestershire with the number AL 9335. After changing hands several times the engine was with Samuel Barker of Pentrich, Derbyshire by 1942. In 1999 it was acquired by the present owners, Peter & Jill Taylor from Bathingbourne on the Isle of Wight, in a dismantled state from the estate of the late Lionel Fryer of Ladywood Farm Ilkeston, Derbyshire and has since undergone extensive restoration. It is the earliest example of only 4 surviving 8nhp engine fitted with the makers patent expansion gear.

The Marshall Steam Generator

This single cylinder 3 hp Marshall vertical steam engine is driving a 110v d/c ex showman’s dynamo. The steam for the engine is supplied from a coal fired vertical fire tube boiler delivering a working pressure of 120lb psi. Water is fed into the boiler using a Worthington & Simpson steam powered duplex pump. The engine is currently being used to power a 12-seat juvenile chair o plane ride circa 1940.

4” scale Steam Roller

Built over 2 ½ years by the owner and first steamed in 2000. In 2005 the engine was converted from an Agricultural engine to a steam roller which takes over four hours to change all wheels. The engine is a 1/3 of the size of a 10 ton engine first built in 1909. There is also a stone brick crusher which the engine’s flywheel drives.

2 Inch Scale Fowler BB1 Ploughing Engine

Model is a 2 inch scale Fowler BB1 ploughing engine, built over a 6 year period by an ex tool maker, finished in 1978. It was purchased back in late 2008 and has had various details added since then.

Replica Stanley Locamobile Steam Car

Made from an original 1899 design, the replica Stanley/Locamobile was built from drawings held at Beaulieu Motor Museum. It has a 5 horse power twin cylinder steam engine.

3” scale Aveling & Porter type AD steam roller of 1930

Built in 1994 this miniature has a compound cylinder, 2 speed gearing, with a copper boiler, a living van and canopy added by the current owners.

Miniature traction engine

4” scale Foster traction engine. Built between 1985 and 1995. Regularly rallied in southern England and has recently completed a 12 mile road run.

Ralf Cook

1947 William Reid portable saw mill & 1937 Sentinel S4 steam wagon.

David Allen

1910 Burrell Road Locomotive with crane "Old Tim".

Brian Harris

Miniature stone crusher + garret steam roller 4" scale 1/3 of ten tonne.