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Steamfest Sheffield


THYLACINE

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We had a great day out today at Steamfest in Sheffield.

So you go half way around the world and what do you see?

Well apart from the odd American engine (a Buffalo Pitts) most of them are are Btitish, a couple of Marshall engines (made in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire), Robey engines (made in Lincoln, Lincolnshire) and a Ransomes thresher (made in Ipswich, Suffolk).

That last engine has lost me though, - could it actually be an Australian engine? Only engine I have ever seen that looks anything like it was a McKewan engine (made in Scotland) but they are extremely rare.

Interestingly, several of these engines have enlarged cage tenders carrying wooden logs instead of coal. Engines of this type were called "colonial" models and were made specifically for export to "the colonies" (the British Empire / Commonwealth) to areas where coal was scarce or not mined and wood, straw or other low heat output fuels were used instead. Not only was the bunker bigger, but the entire firegrate, firebox, boiler and internal boiler tubing was redesigned for maximum efficiency with these alternative fuels. This made the engines have a different appearance and makes the engines much more difficult to recognise (unless of course you lived in the colonies and see these engines more often than here in Britain.

Some very good and interesting pictures THYLACINE, thank you for sharing them.

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