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Driffield Steam and Vintage Rally

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Demonstration of steam 'heavy haulage' in the ring

The Driffield Steam and Vintage Rally is held each August on Driffield Show Ground at Driffield in East Yorkshire, England. The gathering is organised by the The East Riding Engine Club. The Event is held to raise money for local charities, and is partialy sponsored by local business. 2009 was the 20th event.

The site is a large relatively flat area sheltered by trees with hard standing road ways and some permanent facilities situated in eastern edge of the Vale of York.

the event has a large number of trophies for a wide range of classes of exhibits.

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[edit] 2009 Event

The 2009 event is a National Traction Engine Trust Authorised Event. Exhibit classes included:

[edit] 2008

The event was effected by the weather with some heavy showers and soft ground curtailing activities in the ring. The event attracts over 800 exhibits across a wide range oc categories.

[edit] 2008 Steam engines

The exhibits included a number of first time visitors to the event. The engines section had over 30 entries and about the same number of miniature steam engines., with groups of exhibits by local model engineering clubs of other machines, boats, planes etc.

Steam Engines list
entry no. Engine (make & No.) Name Type year built Reg no. Owner Photo Misc info
1 Foster no. 14431 Robin Hood Showman's Engine 1921 FE 3217 F & L Dockray, Loughborough New canopy of local Ash & Oak
2. Aveling & Porter no. 14070 Billy Boy Showman's conversion 1930 VN 2094 Turner Brothers collection 150px]] Not seen at show ? -restored 2006-2008 (Ex Tractor)
3. Aveling & Porter no. 8601 ALBION Showman's conversion 1915 OT 4239 P. Bowron, Co Durham Was originally built as a Roller
4. Burrell no. 3703 Princess of Wales Showman's Engine (old conversion) 1915 DW 2120 D & M Ragsdale, Retford Nottinghamshire Ex Wynn's haulage, converted to Showmans Road loco in 1920's
5. Foster no. 14632 Success Showman's Engine 1934 AAU 370 D. Byass, Little Weighton notes
6. Fowler no. 17578 Evening Queen Showman's conversion 1926 UA 5597 M. Hadfield, Worksop Nottinghamshire Ex DNA roller
7. Burrell no. 3888 General Gough Showman's Engine 1921 NO 2379 N & B Myers & Sons, York Extensive restoration 2004/5
not listed Fowler no. 14321 Yorkshire Belle Showman's conversion 1916 BT 4580 Turner Brothers Was a Convertible tractor
8. Sentinel no. 7591 - Steam wagon 1928 WE 3236 H. Bell, Leven (photo at Harewood as no decent photo from this event)
not listed Sentinel no. 8803 ? - Steam wagon DG6 1933 YD 7012 I. Fearnley, Leeds Incomplete rebuild
9. Steam Motorcycle - Motorcycle 1904 AD 3562 A. E. Emuss, Staffordshire Built using Chater-Lea cycle parts by a Mr. Hale of Bristol
10. Marshall No.2 Lucky Star  ?" scale model 1991 H234 PEF R. Bowes, Middlesbrough No.2 of 3 built - Seen driving model baler (see below)
no number make ? - Model Baler year built ? n/a R. Bowes, Middlesbrough Fully working model driven by steam engine (see above)
11. Burrell - 6" scale model Road loco year ? - D. Evenson, Bradford
12. Foden Lady Emily 6" scale model 1 ton wagon 2006 - L. Blackburn, Leeds
13. Foden Lady Eleanor 6£ scale model Showman's tractor year YD06 DRF D. Davis, Wetherby 1 of 3
14. Fowler no. 21222 Wee McGregor Traction engine 1937 CS 5409 D & V Hubbuck, Hexham ex Ayr CC.
15. Aveling & Porter no. 11451 Rhianon Steam Tractor (conversion) 1926 PT 7442 W. Renton Ex Eddison Road Roller
16. Fowler no. 14406 MTOTO Traction engine 1917 U 4171 K. Collins, Hensall
17. Marshall no. 38024 Cressing Temple Traction Engine 1902 TA 629 D.P. Robinson
18. Marshall no. 87003 Surprise Traction Engine 1934 TL 3612 Rockcliff Family Owned by same Family for nearly 50 years !
19. Marshall no. 79441 - Traction engine 1925 FU 4677 J. Selby, Doncaster Family owned since 1952
20. Marshall no. 32092 Black Bess Traction Engine 1899 PY 5827 Harrison Family
21. Burrell no. 3048 - Traction engine 1908 BD 5486 M. H. Middlewood & Sons,
22. Aveling & Porter no. 12115 Ex Rambler Steam Tractor 1928 VW 5172 N. Crisp, Grosmont, Yorkshire Restoration to tractor from Showmans (Conversion)
23. Burrell no. 2417 Old Duch Steam Tractor 1901 AF 4393 M.J. Holt, Doncaster
24. Foster no. TR5 112/06 Dragon Steam tractor 2007 NK56 NRE M. Young, Jarrow Built by owner (no photo from event)
25. Foster no. 14739 Johnboy Steam tractor 2007 GN07 UZE I. Gilbert, Kent New build by Dawson Brothers
26. Garrett no. 28249 Bruce Traction engine 1910 FX 8223 D.B. Ragsdale, Retford Nottinghamshire notes
27. Fowler no. 11082 Jaroslava Ploughing Engines K5 1907 SV 7345 R. Goodwill, York repatriated from Prague
28. Marshall no. 71396 Doris Portable engine 1919 - R. Battersby, Glossop Derbyshire Colonial fire box
29. Aveling & Porter no. 10556 - Steam Roller 1923 NU 544 |150px]]
30. Fowler no. 18867 IDA Steam roller 1930 AFW 301 D.G. MacDonald, Lincolnshire |150px]]
31. Fowler no. 12503 Bellingham Steam roller 1912 J 7255 D.G. MacDonald, Lincolnshire |150px]] Only N class roller in UK
32. Fowler no. 15942 Ralph Steam roller 1922 WY 8058 M. H. Middlewood,
33. Aveling-Barford AD155 - Diesel Road Roller 1938 TL 7540 N. Grimshaw, Bradford Single cylinder Blackstone engine
34. Fowler no. 17501 Pentland Queen Steam roller 1927 SY 3413 R. Inman, Worksop Nottinghamshire
entry no no. Name type year reg owner Image notes

[edit] Commercial & Military vehicles

Interesting collection of Mack trucks in the commercial line up.

A number of interesting vehicles were present. But the layout was a bit poor with a second line hidden behind the ones fronting the roadways & no real order to the line up !!

Details to follow once steam sorted

  • (photos to follow later) And a few others trucks besides.
Commercial vehicle exhibit list
entry no. Make & model / no. Reg no. Name (if named) year built Owner Photo Misc info

[edit] Tractors

One of the largest exhibits a Caterpillar D8
A rare Massey Ferguson 4-wd model
A concourse restoration of a Ford 4000 Pre force tractor ORA 967E in 2008

The Tractor display was quite large with a number of interesting examples some of which are featured in other article.

A selection of some of the tractors I did get between rain showers are to follow.

Tractor exhibit list
entry no. Make & model / no. Reg no. Serial no. (if known) year built Owner Photo Misc info

[edit] 2008 other exhibits

A selection of the other interesting exhibits from 2008 show

[edit] See also

[edit] References / sources

  • The show guide 2008

[edit] External links

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