If you were to visit a railway almost anywhere in the world, you would find that unless it was in some way running heritage trains, the locomotives would bear a similarity to each other. Electric ...

Built to last and as big as a dinosaur, it was obsolete before it left the factory in 1920. Nonetheless, with huge wheels and a gay canopy with a red fringe on top, the Huber "steam traction engine" ...

The crash happened on Friday in Great Dunmow, Essex, after the 'Southern Queen' steam traction engine, built in 1913, 'suddenly' accelerated and collided into the home. A witness claimed the driver ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This Weeden Toy Steam Traction Engine ...

A North Yorkshire castle is holding its first traction engine rally in almost 40 years, celebrating a bygone age of steam-powered locomotion. Visitors have the chance to view dozens of large traction ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This miniature Huber Traction engine ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...

The engine attracted bids from as far as England before being bought by a collector from the Barossa Valley in South Australia. Echuca’s Adam Auditori sold the road-going tractor to pay for a shed ...

IT was time to let off steam as crowds flocked to a popular traction engine rally boasting exhibitors from across the UK. Scampston Hall hosted the two-day Yorkshire Traction Engine Rally within its ...