Welland Steam Rally 2015
Showman's Engines
This is one of 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, they are easily found by using your favourite search engine and may have anything between a handful of steam engines and hundreds (as at the Great Dorset Steam Fair which could probably be fairly described as having an excess of riches). Click here for the Welland index and click here for the overall index.
As usual, most of the showman's engines were parked up next to the fairground area where many were hooked up to the power supply of the various rides. Four more were next to organs elsewhere, making a grand total of 25 again. Conventional photography is not easy, apart from the usual issues, the engines are parked close together, as the sun sinks in the afternoon, the shadows of the adjacent engine encroach before much of the upper area is properly lit. Hence the inclusion of some pictures taken in later low light for a change, an additional benefit is that many of these engines are regulars at Welland and this is a chance to view from the opposite side. .
