Old Glory magazine contents - issue 233, July 2009

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26 The clean green steam machine!
The unique 1899-built screw steamer SS Sir Walter Scott has returned for the 2009 season fitter and ‘greener’ than ever, following conversion to biofuel, writes Hugh Dougherty.

34 Stanley by gas light
Jim Stanley completed the endless task of returning his ex-Gas Light & Coke Co Sentinel S4 waggon to steam in May 2009. Jim talks to Alan Barnes about the long journey to get back on the road.

38 Silent Service: 40 years of trolleybuses at Sandtoft
When a young school teacher saved a former Reading trolleybus and got his mother to buy a former airfield, he laid the foundations for the biggest collection of preserved trolleybuses in the world. Barry Coward attended the 40th anniversary celebrations last month.

44 Early preservation – the colour files
John Crawley presents a further colourful selection of engines at pioneering rallies from the earliest days of preservation.

48 On the waggonway with the dinosaurs of steam
Mike Dyson heads up the A1 for a date with some steam dinosaurs from the dawn of the industrial revolution.

52 Bredgar & Wormshill: 35 years of preservation
A steam railway in the back garden and an important collection of preserved vehicles – Alan Barnes looks back at 35 years of a collection in deepest Kent.

56 Clayton & Shuttleworth of Lincoln Part 4: traction engines
John Crawley looks at the traction engines built by Clayton & Shuttleworth at their Stamp End Ironworks in Lincoln.

62 H2O heritage at Hereford
Alan Barnes meets Dr Noel Meeke of the Waterworks Museum-Hereford and discovers the hard-fought story of its success as a top heritage attraction.

66 ‘Sunken Spider’ sails to Scotland!
Keith Wear meets Mal Nicholson – the man who saved the Humber ‘Super Sloop’ Spider T – and learns of her rescue, restoration and recent exciting voyages under sail.

70 Ploughing by road
James Hamilton followed Fowler BB1 ploughing engine Wilbur, complete with its five-furrow anti-balance plough, as it headed for this year’s Cuckoo Spring Fair.

72 Sandstone and style
When one man went on a mission to save some vintage tractors, he didn’t think that he’d end up saving everything from railway locomotives to military vehicles and become a major player on the world preservation stage. Sandstone Estate’s Wilf Mole is that man.

77 Even Stevens
Ex-pat engineer Keith Stevens has now completed the restoration of two former basket-cases that were rescued for preservation by Sandstone Estates, South Africa. Keith talks to Roger Hamlin about a special Sentinel waggon and McLaren engine.

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