Monthly Archives: May 2009

Road Locomotive Society Spring Outing

30 May 2009 – 2:41 pm

This years Road Locomotive Society spring outing took place at Richard Parrots farm at Weeting in Norfolk. The sun came out and the lack of usual rally clutter meant that I managed to get a few pictures of Mr Parrots collection. Burrell 3695 which is fitted with the crane gear from former works engines 1876 [...]

By David Collidge | Posted in Events | Comments (0)

Belvoir Castle Steam Festival 2009

18 May 2009 – 9:46 pm

Belvoir Castle hosted it’s annual steam event over the weekend of 16 & 17 May 2009. The rally again suffered with the weather, Saturday was wet and Sunday when I attended had heavy showers with occasional bright sunshine. The rally moved site last year which seems have reduced the problems with damp ground, however the [...]

By David Collidge | Posted in Events | Comments (0)

Sena Sugar Estate Mozambique Fowler Engines

15 May 2009 – 9:49 pm

Here is an interesting collection of pictures of Fowler Ploughing Tackle on the Sena Sugar Estate in Mozambique. The pictures were taken by Geoff Cooke in 1976:

Sena Sugar was a British owned company based in Luabo, Central Mozambique who produced cane sugar and used a wide variety of agricultural and rail steam, much of which [...]

By David Collidge | Posted in Overseas Engines, Web Site Links | Comments (2)