News
New canal centre points the Wey ahead
1 May 2012
The public face of the Wey & Arun Canal Trust and its project to restore ‘London’s Lost Route to the Sea’ has been improved.
The season is in full swing at Hollycombe
1 May 2012.
This May, families are encouraged to come along and join in the fun as there is plenty going on.
A message to our subscribers
24 April 2012.
There have been some concerns raised recently via telephone to the publisher's office and via the Traction Talk website, of subscribers receiving their copy of Old Glory AFTER it is already on sale at the newsagent which, of course, should not be the case.
Master gets his Mistress back after 50 year gap
17 April 2012.
It’s been almost 50 years, but the very first pair of Fowler BB1 ploughing engines to be built at the Steam Plough Works were stood side by side again – almost 94 years to the day they were first signed off – when No 15138 Mistress returned to the UK after half a century of Canadian residency.
'One family owner' Robey changes hands after 100 years
17 April 2012.
Robey traction engine King George V took to the Worcestershire roads again in March, albeit towed.
Bardwell Windmill set to sail
5 April 2012.
The Wheeler family has been busy over the winter months building the second pair of sails for their windmill at Bardwell, Suffolk. Work is finally nearing completion as the massive frames have been positioned on the stocks with steel shackles and bolts. The new steel striking gear, which opens and closes the shutters, has been assembled on the sails and preparations for the big lift to raise the sails into place are being made, ready once more to make Bardwell Windmill a fully working flour grinding windmill again.
Monorail coming to steam rally
4 April 2012.
The first public running of part of the rolling stock from the Heritage Monorail Collection will take place as part of Clwyd Veteran & Vintage Machinery Society’s vintage rally on June 16-17 at Oswestry Showground, Shropshire SY11 4TB.
Ffos-y-fran Premium Welsh Dry Steam Coal
4 April 2012.
Miller Argent and Coal4Energy are now offering substantially more tonnage of the Ffos-y-fran Premium Welsh Dry Steam Coal throughout the UK locomotive/appliance steam raising markets.
Scottish steam off
4 April 2012.
The Scottish Traction Engine Society has cancelled its Steam in the Park event, due to be held at Perth Airport, Scone, on May 12-13.
£1.8m Lottery grant for Kew Bridge 'Project Aquarius'
4 April 2012.
The Kew Bridge Steam Museum in West London has received a confirmed grant of £1.845 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund for an exciting restoration project, it was announced on April 4.
Current Issue: June 2012
• FOURTEEN PORTABLES ‘COME HOME’ FROM CHILE
• BEAMISH HOME FLEET
• BRYAN STEAM TRACTOR
• SS BADGER
A protected species?
• MINIATURE ENGINES
• A BUYERS’ GUIDE
• FREE POSTER INSIDE!
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• Next issue on sale: 21 June 2012
