Quite a number of our membership own, have built, or are building a traction engine. Considering the relatively short span of years in which these appeared there is quite a diversity to model.

Here are a few photograps taken at the Exhibition.

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'Royal Chester',
a 1½" scale Burrell engine.
Ron had to completely restore and rebuild this model due to flood damage.
Burrell 5 Ton Gold Medal tractor.
Chris is tackling this 2" scale double crank compound with complex motion, by M.J. Engineering.
Burrell 7 n.h.p.
in 3" scale

Graham is steaming with the boiler cladding removed while testing.
1" scale 'Minnie'

Ron's free running model is beautifully painted and lined out.
1" scale 'Minnie'
Contrastingly, here Albert is undertaking extensive restoration on this original 1933 design model.
4" scale road engine.

John's 1/3 full size traction engine is enormous.