Tuesday 24 March 2009

Three Tykes on a Traction

QuintessentiallyBritish. Traction engines.

I just can't imagine any other nation getting moist and emotional over a bunch of hulking great lumps of steel. Perhaps a few of the former colonies, but can you imagine the Brazilians (for example) caring for Traction Engines ?

This is Drumtochty, a ten-ton engine by Davey Paxman, built in 1916. So there.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Do you know anything more about this engine?