This year looks to be another great show with the rally celebrating 100 years of the Shrewsbury Sentinel works. There will be a special display of Sentinels at the rally and a dedicated ring parade. The day before the rally some of the waggon's will be going on the old test route from the works up the horse shoe pass and then back to the rally field. There is currently around 30 Sentinels booked in with some that have never visited the rally before.
Including the Sentinels there are 102 engines entered into this years show. As well as the great engines that support the rally regularly there will be some new faces this year too, with some engines that have not visited before or for a very long time. Some of these include;
Burrell 3909 'Winston Churchill'
Burrell 3288 'Nancy'
Fowler 9386 'Maid of Cefn Ydfa'
Burrell 3894 'St Brannock'
Mclaren 1534 'Cracker'
Tasker 1697 'Kips'
Marshall 57753 'Duplex Britannia'
Wallis 7269 'Panther'
Aveling 10348 "Walter"
The Fred Parker Steam Portable and stone crusher will also be visiting the rally from the Ironbridge Gorge Museum.
It is also hoped to have Fowler 17212 and Marshall 79087 'Jane' together which has not happened for some time.
Fowler 12906 'Foremost' will be hauling the Welshpool & Llanfair Railway’s locomotive 'Dougal' to the rally. They are likely to be moving the engine from Buttington to the rally on the Saturday which will be an impressive sight.
Alex Sharphouse will also be exhibiting his John Fowler & Co Leeds ltd stand which will feature some of the products the company now manufactures. Also on the stand will be the part built re-creation of the famous B6 Road loco "Talisman". Alex is also bringing his two ploughing engines Wayfarer & Wonderer which will be the first time they have worked together in over 60 years.
The Steam Apprentice Club will be having their annual driving day at the rally field on the Saturday before.
As well as the steam area there are many other interesting sections too.
Tickets for this years show are available online at
http://www.shrewsburysteamrally.co.uk Online tickets will beat the queues at the ticket office.
Look Forward to seeing everyone there
