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Rumour doing the rounds! Apparently another Waggon could be in the area soon

End to End

Two Club Members and Directors of Qserv are undertaking a gruelling trek from John o'Groats to Lands End by Steam and Pedal Power to raise funds for Starlight Childrens Foundation. Every penny they raise will be used to help children specifically in Aberdeen and will go to the Charity. Their progress will be updated daily, just click on below

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Boat of Garten Steam Event 19th 20th July

The Deeside Steam & Vintage Event - 16th & 17th August

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Gary Thomson testing out William Nicol's latest acquisition the Foden named Merlin. It was originally built as a wagon in 1928. Vince Allen, from Houghton le Spring, came into possession of the partially built Foden when he exchanged an Aveling tractor in 1993. He spent 14 years restoring the Foden to a very high standard, which he completed in 2007. The boiler had to be totally rebuilt and was originally on Solid wheels before Vince decided it was better to have pneumatic tyres. Vince decided to sell the Foden when it was completed so that he could move on to another project. Bruce Nicol and Gary Thomson acted quickly and secured a deal with Vince to bring yet another steam wagon to the North-East of Scotland which they also showed at the 2008 Castle Fraser Rally and steamed it on the Club's road run earlier in May.

Photos by Tom Barrack

Gary's Foden crossing the Aberdeen river Dee

Aveling Roller

Writes Alfie Cheyne. On a recent Sunday afternoon I popped in Past Banff Springs Hotel and visited an Antiques fair .I was fortunate enough to come across an original Photograph Taken By IW MUIR , If I am correct this is the late Ian Muir who was a stalwart of Scottish Steam preservation whom many in the Scottish Steam scene knew . The Photo was taken in July 1952 in the yard of its owner J McAdam contractor Persley Aberdeen . The particular engine is Aveling and Porter engine number 4150 of approx year of build of 1898 . The roller is a 10 ton model single cylinder registration umber RS3747.

Do any members know what Happened to her??

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Pictures from Garry Scott of Elgin who was taken to see this engine by Alfie Cheyne who in turn had been told about it by a woodcutter.Apparently this Marshall Portable has been standing in the same place for many many years. The current owner's Father bought it for soil steralisation of his greenhouses. It has never had motion on it so there is and has no registration but stamped into the side is a number which could be 0940 or 0910. According to Garry, it is probably not a viable project for restoration.

Unusual historic document photographed by Garry Scott.

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historic document

Below are some old photographs which John Dunn was given by a colleague who rescued them from some old papers which were being thrown out.

Top shows a large ploughing engine which is or has been used to haul fishing boats up on to a shingle bank , possibly for the winter and to have their bottoms tarred. I am surmising that the gent posing on the footplate of the engine in the bowler is the boss of the outfit.

The second one shows two Garret steam wagons belonging to David Taylor and sons, which appear to be involved in some sort of either road making ror repairing from the gents with shovels and the stones /gravel below their feet.

The third photograph I can only assume is a publicity shot for the strange three wheeled tractor being used . It looks like something which would have been used on a small holding or a market garden, but I am not sure that even they would have been so well dressed to operate this machine on a day to day basis.