Old Glory

Old Glory is Britain’s best-selling magazine for steam and vintage machinery enthusiasts. Its blend of news, rally reports, exclusive features and archive material has provided inspiration for new restoration projects as well as giving readers a rare look at some old favourites.

BACK IN STEAM!

RICHARD VERNON AT HIS BEST

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Old Glory

EDITORIAL

AFRIEND RETURNS! • James Hamilton witnessed the return of Fowler No. 9698 to public view.

DEBUTS ON BOXING DAY

HUGE CROWD AT LARLING

STUNNING WEATHER

SEDGEMOOR AUCTION CENTRE

BROOKLANDS MAKES IT BIG

VICTORIA COACH STATION 90th ANNIVERSARY • 2022 marked the 90th anniversary of Victoria Coach station in London, reports Mike Neale. A series of static display and bus running events featuring preserved buses and coaches took place during the year, in March, June, July and September. I attended the Bus Running Day on 24 July, catching 1954 AEC RT 4779 (OLD 566) from Aldwych down to Victoria, one of the fleet of RT and Routemaster double-deckers operating a free service every 10-15 minutes on Route 11 during the day, much to the surprise of some of the tourists, alongside the regular modern TfL Route 11 buses.

DORSET CHRISTMAS STEAM PARADES

MODEL NEWS • Mike Neale takes his monthly look at recently released diecast and resin models of road locos, ambulances, vans, milk floats, tractors, and trucks in 1/32, 1/43 and 1/76 scale.

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Letters

VICTORY MAKES GREAT PROGRESS! Part One • Zach Fields-Pattinson is really making great progress with 1919 Fowler No. 15430 Victory one year after he purchased it. Here is their story so far.

GERMAN STEAM PLOUGHING REMEMBERED • Old Glory’s regular contributor, Busso Hennecke, tells of how he was fascinated by steam at a very early age in Germany when he saw steam ploughing in action.

BUILDING A FODEN SIX-WHEELER Part 2 • David Chapman continues the story behind his exacting build.

ON THE WELSH NARROW GAUGE AUTUMN 2022 • The narrow gauge railways of Wales have a unique charm and character, writes Simon Colbeck. For many years now at the end of the running season on the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland railways a series of ever more ambitious photographic charters have taken place with enthusiasts from around the world congregating in Porthmadog to enjoy the spectacle of narrow-gauge steam working in the stunning Snowdonia National Park.

FOWLER PETER PAN DEBUTS AT DUNCOMBE • David Reed visited the Duncombe Park Rally, the traditional rally in North Yorkshire where a great selection of engines were on show.

SUN AND STEAM ATTRACT BIG CROWDS AT MASHAM

BURRELL COUNTRY • By far the biggest rally in East Anglia has to be Richard Parrott’s excellent Weeting Steam Rally & Country Show that this year took place in glorious weather over 15-17 July.

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ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR - MEMORIES OF FAIRGROUND RIDES AND TRANSPORT • David Vaughan begins an occasional series looking at the lessnoticeable side of the fairgrounds.

WOOLWICH FOR SHOPPING • Allan Bedford has been taking and collecting transport pictures since the very early 1950s around north Kent and further afield. Here he continues his ‘On The Road’ series with some more interesting sights, some over 100 years ago now.

THE FIRST TO WEAR GREEN • The stars on the 2022 RAC Sotheby’s pre-1905 Veteran Car Run on Sunday 6 November were the amazing three works Napier racing cars which came from around the world to complete the wettest-ever Emancipation...