Lincoln Steam - 20 August 2011

[Steam Scenes]

A small selection of pictures that I took today at Lincoln. Over 100 engines listed in the programme but there were a few no-shows, however at least 5 that I'd never seen on a rally field before, including Garrett 32048 Lady Raglan which was making it's first in steam rally appearance in a very long time, also 2 engines headed for the GDSF exhibition tent's Burrell 2239 and the enormous Robey portable 49484 "Baby".

Some pictures, I'll try and add a few more later.

[Simplex]

Somehow I missed seeing the Robey portable.

Star engine must be 'Supremacy'. There is some disagreement when it last appeared in public but it is around 40 years ago.

[Cygnus X-1]

Superb selection of steam exhibits and one or two that I've not seen before .
The Robey portable is BIG to say the least , how many horses would be needed to shift that back in the day .
One day is not enough especially when the weather is nice .

Dave

[FTR3456]

Well done to Bob in getting Lady Reglan going after buying her last year.Full steam ahead now Bob.

[buggeroff]

another excelent Lincoln rally, we enjoyed it and so did my 3 year old grandson" Harry",, thanks to Dave, Helen, Hayley and Sophie Webster for taking Harry for a ride and he steered their Fowler, didnt half bring a tear to the eye.

Chris.

[steam snapper]

Super day at Lincoln yesterday. Great parade of engine's some iv'e not seen before, looking forward to seeing them again and again.

[Simplex]

It was good to see 'Lady Raglan' out and in steam.

Clearly a lot of work has been done over the last 12 months or so. Last year at Joe Powell's sale, although complete, it was obvious it would take a lot of hard work to make it steamable once again.

Could this be the longest restoration project? I think Joe started in the 1960's.

[Robert The Bruce]

Thoroughly enjoyed my first weekend as an exhibitor, for those who enjoyed seeing Lady Raglan in steam for the first time, special thanks to the following who played a part in the retoration, Dave Ragsdale, Ted Middlemiss, Eddie Ralph (signwriter) but a extra special thank you to Matthew Sheldon and his late father Dave, without whose commitment and skills the project would have been an even longer restoration.

[andrewirobinson]

A few of the miniatures, I'm not sure if people are interested. Most are 4 inch though theres a couple of six inches and the B6 road loco is 3 inch.





























































As I think we all gathered, the Robey is by no means a miniature.

[8_10 Brass Cleaner]

Any more of Pete Gull's Marshall tractor anyone?