Old Glory Magazine Apr-23 Zurück Ausgabe

In issue No. 398 we feature the superb Clayton and Shuttleworth 6hp cross-compound Phoenix which is now back in steam and part of the Shuttleworth Collection. We then travel to Queensland where we read all about a Fowler Big Lion B6 colonial road locomotive which spent its life on road grading and stone crushing in this part 1 article. We then look forward to the Stradsett rally and catch up with what’s going on with the Medway Queen paddle steamer.

We look at a 94-year old Leyland Lion bus and pay our last respects to Cyril Thomas, Les Vince and John Bolton. In Model News Mike Neale looks at the latest Oxford British Railways TT 1:120 scale (3mm to the foot) Bedford OB, Morris Minor van and Land Rover Series 2A LWB. All the latest model show dates are here as well.

The Burton family’s Wallis & Steevens Advance No. 7878 comes under the microscope, before Tom Attwood tells us about the latest fuel trials with Wildfire Resin. We travel off to the Isle of Man with Dick Bodily, before travelling to Dingles Fairground Museum at Lifton, Devon with David Reed. Stationary engines are featured at Morewellham, with James Hamilton and David Reed travels to Cromford in our Rally Scene pages.

Zack Stiling looks at what’s involved in owning an Austin Gipsy and Ian Palmer tells us about the pioneering Marshall tractors made before WW1. Keith Haddock looks at Caterpillar’s first wheel loaders and Derek Rayner tells us about the 1930 trials involving road and rail. David Reed is up at Darlington, where he visits Tees Cottage Pumping Station in this part 2 story. There is so much more we haven’t mentioned in our April issue, order your copy now!