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 show highlights spark memories
Check out The Great Dorset Steam Fair highlights on their Heavy Haulage display, the displays at night, tractor pulling and more.
Preserving local photos keeps the story alive
Tom Downing enjoys seeing steam engine photos shared by various enthusiasts and appreciates the preservation of history.
Engines highlighted country by country
The European Traction Engine Register 4th edition details many steam engines from around the world.
Off-season activities to take up time
Hello again Steam enthusiasts. I hope you are all managing to keep warm in this frigid weather, if by steam or just hot air.
Pictures helped tell the threshing story
Old photos showing engines in action, especially steam threshing activity, come from all parts of the country and including Canada.
Steam history is a reminder to document, record
As usual, off season topics are a bit hard to find but we keep trying and thinking and reading a couple of the magazines of the hobby and several club newsletters to keep up on the happenings in various areas.
What’s that worth? Value is in the eye of beholder
This material is the result of some of that inspiration that we all get on occasion. As usual, I’m not sure just what happened...
Old photos are record of harvesting and life
I have mentioned a few times doing a bit of research for this series of articles. This time the whole process began with the...
Steam-loving people, railroads under steam and steamed food
Not too many steam power shows in the winter, so it's a good time to think back (or plan for summer).
