What are the reasons for having a steam show?
Hello again, all you steam engineers and old iron enthusiasts. Have you been to a show yet this year ? Sam Moore told us...
The history and success of Keystone Steam Drillers
(Editor’s note: Additional information about the Keystone Driller Company was published in a column in the Dec. 12, 2013, issue.)
Hello again steam enthusiasts. I...
Summer shows and the ‘stuff’ we accumulate
A four-day show rarely gets four good days in a row, but the last of July/ first of August weekend brought just such good weather to us at Portersville, Pennsylvania.
Some practice with the English steam engines
Hello again steam enthusiasts. I have been taking advantage of the cold snowy weather to sort out some of the papers and magazines in...
John Fowler and his legendary steam company
I have written a couple other recent articles on the steam engine companies of England and since I am a dedicated Anglopile, that is not too unusual.
Does priority count? New Year’s Day event beginning of show season
We are starting out the new year with some material on show schedules, not necessarily steam, but engines none the less.
The tractor and engine show season is starting
Well I got a few good comments on the two articles I did featuring two British companies, namely Garretts and Wallis and Steevens and...
Engines highlighted country by country
The European Traction Engine Register 4th edition details many steam engines from around the world.
Fowler’s Chapter Three: Story of the Steam Plough Works
I finally got the time needed to review the latter chapters of Michael Lane’s Story of the Steam Plough Works, which is a history of the Fowler Works of Leeds England.
Steam shows: The times they are a changin’
I suppose this title can be applied to most any area of human endeavor but if we are thinking of steam engines and steam shows, which is my usual field, many details come to mind.
