Inside issue 240, February 2010:

• Lost engine builders Fyson of Soham Talyllyn on test
• Viv Kirk’s Queen Mary third outing in 30 years!
• Fowler’s Open Day 1887
• Mumbles tram re-birth?
• Christmas and new year reports Bridport foundry
• Yorkshire lead mining
• Full contents list >>

Online feature: Lost engine manufacturers: CJR Fyson & Son Ltd of Soham, Cambs

Alan Barnes unearths the history of a regional engineer and one-time traction engine manufacturer based among the agricultural community in the Cambridgeshire town of Soham. With thanks to Tony Brown for providing information and photographs from his archive collection...
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NEWS: ‘Mr Fixit’ – Geoff Peach dies at 64

21 January 2010

THE MIDLANDS traction engine movement was shocked at the passing of Geoff Peach on 2 December at the age of 64 after a short illness. Geoff will be remembered in recent years for the restoration and rallying of Sentinel S4 waggon No 9192 of 1935, which in addition to regular Midlands appearances also attended the Great Dorset Steam Fair in 2008 as part of the 40th Anniversary Special Display...
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NEWS: Quo Vadis leads Michael Oliver’s final journey

21 January 2010

A PREVAILING drizzle did not stop hundreds from witnessing the final journey of Michael Frederick Oliver MBE – founder and director of the Great Dorset Steam Fair – through his home village of Child Okeford, Dorset, as the cortege made its solemn journey from the sports ground to St Nicholas Church for the funeral service on 15 December...
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NEWS: Farewell to Joe Powell

17 December 2009

TRIBUTES have been paid to early preservationist Joseph Powell, of Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, who died at Cheltenham General Hospital on 27 December aged 88. He had run a steam railway at Ashton Keynes for many years before closing it in 2000 and was one of the founders of the Fairford rally, never missing a show...
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Online this month:

Online feature:
Lost engine manufacturers: CJR Fyson & Son Ltd of Soham, Cambs
Alan Barnes unearths the history of a regional engineer and one-time traction engine manufacturer based among the agricultural community in the Cambridgeshire town of Soham. With thanks to Tony Brown for providing information and photographs from his archive collection...
Read more >>

Editor's comment:
Galloping into the next decade (except in Norfolk)
Welcome to the first issue that is actually produced in 2010, despite being February
cover-dated – such are the vagaries of the publishing world.
It was a pleasure once again to shake off the Christmas and New Year sloth with a visit to one of Preston’s New Year Open Days, held amid some pretty biting temperatures. And it was good to meet so many readers and have a chat where the coffee was steaming and the locally sourced bacon and sausage rolls
were outstanding...
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Online feature:
Complete Old Glory Events Guide 2010
600+ nationwide events now listed online. Sort by county, month or search for an event using keyword search.
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PLUS, ONLINE:

• Club Register - Now 180 clubs listed - The definitive register of clubs.
Updated December 2009

• Online Gallery - Readers' photographs for all to enjoy

• Newswire - For breaking news between issues

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