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Welcome to the new Traction Talk

Traction Talk is the Messageboard Dedicated to Road Steam Engines

If you have an interest in Traction Engines, Minature Steam, Steam Engine Rallies or anything road steam related then Traction Talk is the place for you!

You need to register with us before you can see messages or post, this is easy to do and completely free of charge - you can be up and running in minutes by following the link below:

Register for Traction Talk

What We Talk About

Traction Talk is a thriving and growing community we have around 1,000 active members and a library of over 50,000 posts featuring many hundreds of pictures. Our members come from the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, North America, South America, Germany, Holland and a few more besides!

We have a couple of get-together's each year with the main one being held at the Great Dorset Steam Fair in August/September.

We feature pictures and discussion on all types of engines including, General Purpose Engines, Showmans Engines, Steam Rollers, Steam Lorries and historic pictures of engines during their working life.

Miniature Steam

If you are interested in building miniature traction engines we have a thriving model forum, where you can discuss building, buying and running minature engines:

Steam Rallies

We have a regularly updated list of road steam events taking place across the world and a calendar of events.

Also throughout the summer season we have rally reports supplied by members - Traction Talk is the first place to learn about what's going on in the rally scene.

Not Just Steam

In addition we have several other forums dedicated to non-steam topics:

Items For Sale and Wanted
Jokes and Off Topic Discussions

How Traction Talk is Paid For

Traction Talk is funded by it's membership.

For those who would like to make a voluntary donation to Traction Talk funds we provide an image hosting service and several supporter only forums. Once you are registered you can find out more about donating and the benefits.

Join Us Today

If any of the above sounds like it would interest you please join us, we welcome new members and in time hope you can become a valued contributer to the Traction Talk community.

Register For Traction Talk

Should you have any issues with signing up or further questions please email me and I will do my best to help out:
David Collidge, Traction Talk Administrator - david@tractiontalkforum.com

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Steam Engine Matters
For general discussions on all things Traction Engine related.
Yesterday 07:10 PM Go to last post
15,867 233,373
Forum dedicated to technical discussions.
23rd June 2025 08:19 AM Go to last post
2,245 24,698
Information and photographs about engines that members own, have owned or crew on.
8th February 2025 09:23 PM Go to last post
363 5,274
Reports on Traction Talk members projects.
25th May 2025 07:51 PM Go to last post
269 10,865
For recording change of owners
Yesterday 08:36 AM Go to last post
3 13
Forum for our members to introduce themselves and/or post a picture.
6th February 2025 05:10 PM Go to last post
584 3,242
Related to steam on the road.
by tenor
11th May 2025 11:45 AM Go to last post
28 88
Collection of members working engine pictures.
by Dazzla
Yesterday 08:51 PM Go to last post
2,771 19,916
Discussions relating to the National Traction Engine Trust.
by NTET
2nd January 2025 06:55 PM Go to last post
133 1,392
Links to steam engine and related web sites
Sub-Forums: YouTube Videos
318 1,157
Need something moving? Maybe a TT member will be able to help.
10th August 2023 07:06 PM Go to last post
158 347
Miniature Steam
Buying, building, and operating miniature steam engines
by tenor
25th June 2025 11:59 AM Go to last post
4,243 60,385
Pictures of Traction Talk members engines
22nd April 2025 11:09 AM Go to last post
196 3,124
Information and error reporting on the manufacturing drawings for model engines
by iain
19th October 2024 12:13 PM Go to last post
89 628
Steam Rallies
Let others know about events in your area.
29th June 2025 05:55 PM Go to last post
2,567 13,201
Reports and pictures from recent Steam events
by tenor
Yesterday 11:40 AM Go to last post
2,641 15,182
Area for members to post details of any roading that they are planning to undertake with their engine.
by RWHB1
10th June 2025 09:31 PM Go to last post
723 3,769
Advertisements
Steam items and equipment For Sale.
Yesterday 08:19 AM Go to last post
6,314 10,851
Steam items and equipment Wanted.
1st July 2025 11:40 AM Go to last post
3,758 12,310
Steam related items on eBay .
by No.41
14th May 2025 07:12 AM Go to last post
2,352 5,321
Recommendations for, and requests for information about, suppliers.
10th August 2024 08:17 AM Go to last post
403 1,778
Resources
Area for members to post details of patterns they have and are willing to loan.
Sub-Forums: Wanted
by tenor
30th August 2024 11:55 AM Go to last post
136 361
Help & Feedback
FAQ on how to do things with this message board.
7th March 2025 11:17 PM Go to last post
87 486
Suggestions, and ideas, on the setup of this board
9th March 2025 09:02 PM Go to last post
29 244
A forum for contributors to leave a message with the contribution.
by J5TPT
15th January 2023 07:03 PM Go to last post
2 14
Supporters - Restricted Access For Donating Members Only
Private 16 171
Reference documents and pictures.
Private 269 539
Section for members to post their Drawings for download
Private 25 73
General Discussion Topics
Subjects that are not related to TT's standard subject matter.
Forum to discuss everything apart from Traction Engines.
Private 2,196 20,814
What are you interested in apart from steam?
Private 196 1,897
Restricted Access off topic area.
Private 1,663 2,857


Top 10 Stats
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Old Safe in the Seventies    02-07, 20:51  Dazzla   Historic Preservation...
Old Driving Traction engine...    02-07, 19:10  johnsawle   Discussions
Old Great photo Grassington...    02-07, 18:29  weidner   Historic Photograph...
Old Perfect weekend for a...    02-07, 11:40  tenor   Show Reports
Old The Whippet    02-07, 08:36  International Steam   Traction Engines -...
Old Stenner rack bench    02-07, 08:19  windmiller78   For-Sale Adverts
Old Maybe Appleford was not...    02-07, 06:29  RWHB1   Discussions
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Old Spark arrestors!    01-07, 18:31  steamenginedriver   Discussions
Old 3 jaw lathe chuck    01-07, 11:40  windmiller78   Wanted Adverts
Old Would you?    01-07, 09:06  Steamcar   Discussions
Old Lampitt Traction Engine    01-07, 06:12  roger smith   Traction Engines -...
Old Fowler front rolls    30-06, 09:25  basil JNR   For-Sale Adverts
Old Chester-le-Street.    29-06, 17:55  StoneRoad   Steam Events
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Old 3 phase converters    28-06, 19:14  4040   Off Topic Discussions
Old Driving steam at 18...    28-06, 11:35  Steamcar   Discussions
Old Foden lorry drawings    27-06, 21:10  Spriteman   Wanted Adverts
Old “Steam Tractor at castle...    27-06, 17:10  RWHB1   Show Reports
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Threads: 50,906, Posts: 455,901, Members: 11,976, Active Members: 703
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