Horsepower Rally, Timaru (3rd - 4th October, 2026)

This site is host to a series of pages which I have uploaded to illustrate facets of steam rallies we have attended in the UK. Such events occur all over the country in the summer months, click here for the overall index for 2026.

Similar events occur outside the UK, mainly in the English speaking parts of the world but also in continental Europe. In general they tend to be small by UK standards and I am extremely grateful to Wilson Lythgoe for providing the pictures and information for this biennial rally in South Island, New Zealand.

Click here for the Surviving Steam Road Engines Index.

Click here for an illustrated part list of surviving New Zealand road engines. 

For me the star of the show would again have been the humble Hornsby portable engine. Nominally it is 2001 of 1870 but it carries parts of at least three other engines as it was rebuilt from a long abandoned wreck. Hornsby portables are not rare but like this one they tend to be found rusty and abandoned in obscure corners of the world. There are several other survivors in the UK, one of them is the only other active one that I know of. It was displayed at Hollycombe in 2026.

Interestingly only three of these engines appeared at the 2022 event.

In the first picture Marshall 57913 is moving the two 'museum' Fowlers into position.

This 'plate' is on the cylinder cover of the Hornby portable. I do not know if it is an authentic reproduction, I guess that the same could be said for the curved plate behind the regulator. which carries '2001'.

Active Engines

	Maker	Number	Date	Notes
	Burrell	3051	1908	6NHP, single-cylinder general-purpose traction engine, owned by Daniel Crossen, Timaru.  Horsepower rally 2022 picture.
	Burrell	3144	1909	6NHP, single-cylinder general-purpose traction engine
	Burrell	3225	1910	4NHP 'Gold Medal' class tractor, owned by Geoff Henderson
	Burrell	3255	1910	Single-cylinder, 3-speed, 8NHP, owned by the Kyle family of Timaru
	Marshall	57913	1912	'Ned', 3-speed, 8NHP owned by Richard Bradley & family, Ashburton Horsepower rally 2022 picture
	Hornsby	2001	1870	A 'bitza' comprising parts from several similar engines. Horsepower rally 2022 picture
	Robey	32701	1913	8NHP Double Crank Compound Road Locomotive, owned by Innes McKay, Geraldine GDSF 2018 picture

Inactive Engines

	Maker	Number	Date	Notes
	Fowler	11592	1908	7NHP, normally on display here at the South Canterbury Traction Engine and Transport Museum, Kyle Park.
	Fowler	13597	1912	8NHP, normally on display here at the South Canterbury Traction Engine and Transport Museum, Kyle Park.
	Clayton and Shuttleworth	13869	1874	6 NHP portable, normally on display here at the South Canterbury Traction Engine and Transport Museum, Kyle Park.