34th Australian Min Traction & Road Steam Rally

[Steamcar]

This was a weekend event held at the Rotary Park grounds in Echuca Australia by the Campaspe Valley Miniature Railway.

A well organized private event for those interested in Road Steam.

$20 per head to register then you could book meals as required. Plenty of room for camping and caravans but loads of accommodation available to suit anyone's pocket.

The weather on Friday during my drive there was very wet with a couple of times when I had to pull over and wait for the rain to ease. Fortunately the grounds were very dry and most of the water was gone by Saturday Lunch. The farmers were very happy.

I don't know how many people attended but there were just under 40 machines. Some of them having traveled a considerable distance to attend. The grounds available for driving were extensive and rounding everyone up for the daily Grand Parade was a bit like herding chickens. For the rest of the time we were free to go where we wanted and a few had fun testing themselves on the several steep grades. Down can be just as challenging as up the first time you try it.

I made a short video to give you the idea and hopefully others will add some stills of the various engines that were there.

Enjoy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXzAYR8hEZk

[Paul30013]

Looks a great event, good variety of prototypes and scales there and some lovely looking engines.

Paul.

[Steamcar]

The program for the weekend. Delightfully simple

[Steamcar]

A few pics from the weekend

[tenor]

That last picture must surely be Ross. I rather like the octopus Sentinel as well. Some great work going on down there!
Martin

[doug.meller]

Originally Posted by tenor

That last picture must surely be Ross. I rather like the octopus Sentinel as well. Some great work going on down there!
Martin

Undoubtedly and well spotted

[suctionhose]

A video has surfaced featuring me amusing myself with a hill climb with the SC Plougher.
https://youtu.be/14B-S2lC-4M

[tenor]

Sounds very nice.
Martin

[dave420g]

Looks like a good event.
Which was the "
most popular exhibit"?

Dave

[suctionhose]

A 3" Burrell DCC 3 speed RL recently completed. Very attractive engines of course but the finish on this one is exceptional without a doubt!