Cromford Steam Rally

Cromford Steam Rally
Promoter
Organisers
Sponsors (main)
Date held on	August
Duration (days)	2
Venue
Location	Nr. Cromford
County	Derbyshire
Country
NTET Accredited	Yes
Attendance numbers (approximate no.)
Next Event Date	2010
First Event was held in (year)	1970
Last Event was held in (year)	2009
No. of years held	39
Events Web Site	http://www.cromford-steam.co.uk

The Cromford Steam Rally or Fair as its sometimes referred to is held near the Derbyshire village of Cromford, in August each year, since 1970 when the first informal gathering took place.

History

On the first weekend in August 1970, a small group of enthusiasts gathered in the village of Cromford in Derbyshire with Steam engines, which they had restored and preserved. They had no idea that their gathering would grow into an annual event that was to become one of the biggest in the North Midlands.

Within a few years of that modest start, the gathering grew into a much larger celebration of a bygone age. As well as the original steam engines, which were the main attraction, other collectors of old cars and lorries joined in, along with some tractor enthusiasts with some older farming machinery. Over the next few years the rally also added models and miniature steam engines as well as stationary engines, rural crafts.

As the rally grew the local charities benefited from the growing visitor numbers. The rally is organised by volunteers, and a few years ago had to move from the site at Cromford to a new site a few miles away with more space for exhibits and parking.

40th Rally 2010

2010 Steam Exhibits

• list under construction

Steam Engines list

entry no.	Engine (make & No.)	Name	Type	year built	Reg no.	Owner	Photo	Misc info
1	Foster no. 14501	Victorious	Showman's Engine	1920	MD 983	Ian Holgrave, Lincs
2	Burrell no. 3888	General Gough	Showman's road locomotive	1921	NO 2379	N & B Myers & sons, York		by the stage with organ
3	Foster no. 14431	Robin Hood	Showmans conversion	1921	FE 3217	F & L Dockray, Long Whatton
4	Fowler no. 16236	Lady Mary	Showman's engine	1924	EC 5521	S. Dorman, Notts		150px]]	Not seen !
5	Burrell no. 4083	So Be It	TE	1928	RT 4058	G. Lamb, Trowell, Notts
6	Garrett no. 33632	That'll Do	Traction engine	1919	TB 3740	Ian Strange		Prize winner at this show in 2008
7	Foster no. 14410	Sprig	Traction engine	1920	UP 6481	J. Bosworth, Smalley		notes
8	Ruston Proctor no. 33189	-	Traction engine	1907	CT 3949	D. Palmer, Nottinghamshire		Restored by owner and his father
9	Ruston & Hornsby no. 115100	Hildary	Traction engine	1922	DO 2953	D. Brothwell & Family		On the saw mill demonstration
10	Fowler no. 14805	Lord Doverdale	Road Locomotive	1917	UG 1496	D & S Cope, Cromford, Derbyshire
11	Fowler no. 15288	MrBlower	type	year	reg	R. Tyler, Whatton-in-the-Vale]]		Named after the owners bank manger
12	Foster no. 2948	Abigal	Wellington tractor	1904	LT 5475	D & M Ragsdale, Retford Notts		Was the first of the Wellington type tractors built
13	Fowler no. 11700	Ex Waltzing Matilda	Traction engine	1908	SV 5785	A. Bigland, Coal Aston		Repatriated in 1995 from Australia
14	Fowler no. 15787	Cynorthwywr	TE	1924	EP 2398	P&R Jeffs, Streetley, West Mids		Ex Fowler yard engine and demonstrator
15 (which engine ?)	Burrell 1/2 scale model	Name	TE	year ?	reg no. ?	A.V. Willson		not seen ?
16	Case no. 10941	Grizzley	65 hp Steam Tractor	1902	-	Tony Ledbury & Son collection		American engine import into UK
17	George White	Moose	Steam tractor	1916	-	Tony Ledbury & Son collection		Rare Canadian engine built by an expate Brit
18	Fowler no. 2528	The Chief	Ploughing Engine	1875	AL 8345	H & G. Debes, Derbyshire		Oldest at show
19	Fowler no. 15441	Tiger	Ploughing Engine	1920	CT 4177	D. Shelmerdine, Derbyshire		one half of a pair
20	Fowler no. 17480	Survivor	RR	1929	BS 9196	Alan Baker, Kidderminster		Not seen - Repatriated from Portugal
21	Marshall no. 82842	Goolie	Steam roller	1927	WW 3643	C & J Rodgers, Smalley, Derbyshire		New to Goole District council in 1927.
22	Aveling & Porter no. 2031	English Rose	Steam roller	1884	ME 3918	Ian Corfield, Derbyshire		one of the earliest Aveling's surviving in the UK
Not listed	Aveling & Porter no. 10753	Earl E Ryzer	Steam roller	1924	NU 3041	D. Lomas, New Mills		notes
23	Aveling & Porter no. 14017	Katie	Steam roller	1930	SV 6022	Malcolm Pugh, Leicester
24	Fowler no. 17501	Pentland Queen	RR	1927	SY 3413	J.R. Inman, Worksop Notts		Ex Midlothian CC
25	Aveling-Barford AE998		Steam roller	1943	DTM 540	E. Jacobs, Swadlincote		Drivers are getting a bit young these days
26	Fowler no. 15981	Eve	Steam roller	1923	SV 5862	L. Donn, Eastoft		Repatriated from Sri Lanka
27	Sentinel no. 7651	-	Steam waggon	1928	BS 9215	M. Johnson, Coalville, Leicester
28	Sentinel no. 8884	Endon Flyer	Steam waggon	1933	TJ 3319	A. Willianson, Stoke on Trent
29	Sentinel no. 5558	Name	Steam tractor	1924	PD 1854	Tim Clarke, Maclesfield		not seen
30	Foden no. 14084	Duchess of Gloucester	Steam wagon	1933	AMB 300	Johnathan Smith, Moorwood, ?		1st Rally outing with new owner after major rebuild
31	Sentinel Standard (1/2 size model)	Name	6" scale model	1999	T613 SDT	J.D. Roose (Cromford Rally President)		Built by B. Johnson of Kegworth
32	Mann no. 1365	Name	Steam wagon	1919	UG 4990	Mark Hitchin, Hilton Derbyshire		Fitted with a Tanker body
33	CEK Steam Car	-	Steam Car (scratch built)	1947 > 2007	Q125 RMA	William Chorlton, Knutsford, Cheshire		Built from parts over 40 years

2010 Miniatures

below are photos of a few of the miniature present. Were possible we have linked than to there details from the show guide but many had no number to identify them by. Please add the missing details to the list or leave a note on the talk/discussion page and we can update them for you. More photos may be on/can be added to page linked via reg no or engines name.

Steam Engines list

entry no.	scale	Engine (make)	Name	Type	year built	Reg no. (if registered)	Owner	Photo	Misc info
2	6" Scale	Burrell	Wandering Star	Road loco	year	Y871 OPV	Malc Woodbine, of ?		An impressive model
4	4" Scale	Burrell	Name ?	Wagon	year	KX07 NMF	owner ?		notes
27	4" Scale	Burrell	Jane	Showmans	year	BP02 FLR	Ian Hartshorne		notes
29	4" Scale	Fowler	Name	A7 engine	year	W992 NHL	Eric Wilson,		notes
34	4.5" Scale	Foden	Gordon	Wagon + Trailer	2005	YN05 XTR	Lygo family		notes
36	4" Scale	Fowler	Name	B6 engine	year	reg	L.B. Donn		notes
late entry	3" Scale	Fowler	Pride of Yorkshire	B6 Showmans	2008	Q399 NCP	Trevor Rhodes		Not in Guide
Unknown entry nos. below here
entry no ?	6" Scale	Burrell	Simplicity	Road Locomotive	year ?	reg no. ?	owner ?		notes
entry no ?	?" Scale	Allchin	Name ?	TE	year ?	V975 UOL	owner ?		notes
entry no	?" Scale	Burrell	-	Devonshire TE	year	-	owner ?		A part built model
entry no	?" Scale	Foden	Name ?	Wagon	year	reg no. ?	owner ?		notes
entry no	?" Scale	no.	Name ?	type	year	reg no. ?	owner ?		notes

Video

Add video clips here (from U tube etc via 'film' button on edit menu)

2010 Heavy haulage & plant

A selection of heavy haulage trucks and items of plant, were dispersed around the site rather than one defined area. The trucks were mainly mixed in with the commercials and most of the plant was from J.C. Balls & Sons collection displayed with some of their modern JCB 3CXs used for the Digger Dance display.

Note:some photos still to add

Heavy Haulage & Plant exhibit list

entry no.	Make	model / no.	Reg no. / Serial no. (if known)	year built	Owner	Photo	Misc info
H1	Albion	Albion Claymore	WRA 571+	1954	T. Mellor, Belper		Fitted with Recovery jib
H2	Scammell	Scammell Crusader	NOF 452R+	1976	J.C. Balls collection		used to haul the vintage fleet
H3	JCB/Ford	JCB MK1 Excavator	JCB sn 2103	?	J.C. Balls collection
H4	JCB	JCB 1 Digger	BXA 926B Serial no ?	1964	J.C. Balls collection
H5	JCB	JCB 3D	?	1972	J.C. Balls collection	150px]]
H6	JCB	JCB Hydra-Digga	?	1958	J.C. Balls collection
H7	JCB	JCB 7	-	1966	J.C. Balls collection		rare example of an early JCB 360 excavator On a classic low loader
H8	Hymac	Hymac 480 crane	-	1966	J.C. Balls collection	150px]]	A rare example (possibly unique survivor)
H9	John Deere	John Deere 760 Elevating Scraper	GOG 310D	1966	J.C. Balls collection		A unusual machine in the UK
H10	Caterpillar	Caterpillar Sixty	Serial no	1929	J.C. Balls collection
H11	Caterpillar	Caterpillar D6	Serial no ?	1940	J.C. Balls collection	150px]]
H12	Caterpillar	Caterpillar R4 with Dozer blade	Serial no ?	1943	J.C. Balls collection	150px]]	Fitted with cable controlled LeTourneau Inc. blade
H13	Scammell	Scammell Junior Contractor	ULY 904	1957	G. Strutt, Darley Dale, Derbys.		150px]]	Not photographed
H14	Scammell	Scammell 15MU	PWV 618	1957	Kath Strutt	150px	Not seen
H15	George Fowell	Geotge Fowell Dumper	-	-	P. Wykes, Whitewick, Leices		Nor seen !
H16	Ford	Ford D1000	RPL 136R	1970	D. Brookes, Freehay Staffs ?		150px]]	Not photographed
H17	AEC	AEC Mercury	314 BVO	1959	P. Walton, Horsley Forest, ?		150px]]	not photographed
H18	Atkinson	Atkinson MK1	GVO 239J	1971	D. Wilson, Shepshed, ?		150px]]	Recovery vehicle
H19	Scammell	Scammell Highwayman	MMV 10C	1965	P & R Chamberlain collection, Beeston Notts
H20	AEC	AEC Matador	NSU 889	1945	P & R Chamberlain collection, Beeston Notts
H21	Ford	Ford D1000	GVO 67U	1970	L. Shakeshsft, Theapwood ?		150px]]	Not photographed
H22	AEC	AEC Matador	GAS 899+	1950	D. Ludlam, Temple Normanton		Fitted with recovery jib
H23	Dodge	Dodge 50	G372 VWD	1989	A. Burton, Staffs		Recovery
H24	AEC	AEC Matador	YNN 724	1957	S, Mayle, South Clifton, ?		150px]]
H14	-	-	-	-	-		No entry listed
H25	Diamond T	Diamond T 981	Q923 AVO	1942	A. Exbrough, Pye Bridge, Derbys		Ex tank transporter
H26	Scammell	Scammell S26	Q260 GFD	1985	A Edgar, Heath Hayes, Staffs		drawbar tractor
H27	Scammell	Scammell Highwayman	GUX 650D	1966	P. Ufton, Stanley Common, ?		In Wrekin Roadways livery.
H28	AEC / Coles Cranes	Coles Crane sn 12902	LTO 806P	1952	A. Croft, Tibshelf		Livery of "Croft Crane Services"
H29	Chaseside	Chaseside Crane	-	[[1945	M. Jopling, Long Clawson, leics		Based on a Fordson Standard
H30	JCB	JCB 1 Digger	EUG 130F	1964	A. McLeod, Duffield Derby		No sn plates
H31	JCB	15 cwt JCB 1D Dumper	sn 100-126	1964	A. McLeod, Duffield
-	make	Model no.	Reg no. ?/Serial no	Year	Owner ?		150px]]

Commercials

Commercials and military vehicles

Commercials exhibit list

entry no.	Make &	Model / no.	Reg no.	year built	Body type	Owner	Photo	Misc info
19	Leyland	Comet	4309 TR	1961	Dropside tipper	M. Fearn of Sheen, Staffs
28	ERF	ERF KV	MFA 297	1960	Flatbed	G. Dale of Stoke on Tern, Staffs
53	Fordson	Ford E83W Van	EJW 556	1946	van	D. Aldbridge of Waterhouses Staffs
54	Scammell	Scammell Mechanical Horse	CAN 863	1946	Scammell coupling	J. Cook of Codner Park, Notts		In livery of LNER
78	Commer	Commer Cob Mk III	DYK 32C	1965	Van	R. Culverhouse, Wirksworth, Derbyshire		in livery of London Fire Brigade
81	Bedford	Bedford TM	D162 VJM	1986	Beavertail machinery	D. Bailey Notts
Not listed	AEC	AEC Matador	NAS 399	Year ?	Flatbed	Owner ?		COMMER	Superpoise	CCH432	Year 1950	Tipper	Owner ?		150px]]
add more entries	by copying block	below and	pasting in	between entries
-	Make	Model no.	Reg no. ?	Year	body	Owner ?		150px]]

2010 Tractors

Some of the tractors from the 2010 show. - If we missed your tractor please add it to the list. If your tractor is listed please add any missing details and/or add a individual vehicle page for it to include more history info or photos. From the 100 + exhibits listed about 30 were missing when we went round the lines which is a rather high non attendance rate for an event.

Tractor exhibit list

entry no.	Make & model / no.	Reg no.	Serial no. (if known)	year built	Owner	Photo	Misc info
16	Allis-Chalmers B	AKS 37B	Serial no ?	Year ?	Aistair Sturt
22	Nuffield DM4	KAY 41	Serial no ?	1953	Ian Millward collection
38	Field Marshall	GWW 228	no. 4211	1947	Ian Millward collection
63	Ferguson TE A20	568 JWE	Serial no ?	1948	Peter Byard
-	Model no.	Reg no. ?	Serial no	Year	Owner ?		150px]]

Cars

Add details here

39th Rally 2009

The 2009 rally was postponed from the 1st August till the 3rd weekend in September due to the high rainfall the week prior making the site non viable due to the very wet ground conditions in some areas & more bad weather predicted for the show weekend.

Unfortunately the main Editor of Tractor Wiki was unable to attend the new date, so has no photos from the 2009 event to contribute.

Please add any information & photos from the event if you have attended to build up the list of restored machines and the attendances at events.

The 38th Rally 2008

A rare George White and Sons engine from Canada

JC Balls Caterpillar 60

2008 exhibits

The rally was held on the 2nd and 3rd of August 2008.

• The Rally featured 25 steam engines and several miniatures.
• 76 tractors.
• Classic cars and motorcycles.
• Historic commercials and Military vehicles
• Several Fairground Rides including a set of Steam Gallopers, and Fairground Organs.
• Stationary engines
• A display of classic plant including several machines from the collection of J.C. Balls and Sons Ltd
• Craft tents ans bygones displays

2008 Steam Exhibits

• list initially contains entries from other events

Steam Engines list

entry no.	Engine (make & No.)	Name	Type	year built	Reg no.	Owner	Photo	Misc info
1	Fowler no. 15652	Repulse	Showman's Engine	1920	CU 977	T. Gibson, Derby
2	Foster no. 14431	Robin Hood	Showmans conversion	1921	FE 3217	F & L Dockray, Long Whatton		Prize winner
3	Ruston Proctor no. 33189	-	Traction engine	1907	CT 3949	D. Palmer, Nottinghamshire		Restored by owner and his father
4	McLaren no. 127	-	Traction engine	1882	HO 5618	S. Arrowsmith of Burton On Trent, Staffs		Oldest engine in the show
5	Fowler no. 14805	Lord Doverdale	Road Locomotive	1917	UG 1496	D & S Cope, Cromford, Derbyshire	Not seen ?	Listed but not seen
6	Ruston & Hornsby no. 115100	Hildary	Traction engine	1922	DO 2953	D. Brothwell & Family		Usually seen on the saw mill demonstrations
7	Foster no. 14410	Sprig	Traction engine	1920	UP 6481	J. Bosworth, Smalley		notes
8	Case no. 10941	Moose	65 hp Steam Tractor	1902	-	Tony Ledbury & Son collection		American engine import into UK
9	George White	Grizzley	Steam tractor	1916	-	Tony Ledbury & Son collecion		Rare Canadian engine built by an expate Brit
10	Garrett no. 33632	That'll Do	Traction engine	1919	TB 3740	Ian Strange		Prize winner at this show
11	Fowler no. 11700	Waltzing Matilda	Traction engine	1908	SV 5785	A. Bigland, Coal Aston		Repatriated in 1995 from Australia
12	Marshall no. 82842	Goolie	Steam roller	1927	WW 3643	C & J Rodgers, Smalley, Derbyshire		New to Goole District council in 1927.
13	Marshall no. 76913	Sir William	Steam roller	1923	PU 804	A. Brettell, Notts	Not seen	Ex Ilford Council
14	Aveling & Porter no. 14029	Buster	Steam roller	1930	TM 6672	C. Keeton, Sheffield	Not seen	notes
15	Fowler no. 15981	Eve	Steam roller	1923	SV 5862	L. Donn, Eastoft		Repatriated from Sri Lanka
16	Aveling & Porter no. 9347	Sarah	Roller	1920	L 8953	R. Buck, Derby		notes
17	Aveling-Barford AE998		Steam roller	1943	DTM 540	E. Jacobs, Swadlincote		notes
18	Aveling & Porter no. 8778	Old Faithful	Roller	1916	E 5349	J.L. Fletcher, Chesterfield		notes
19	Aveling & Porter no. 10753	Earl E Ryzer	Steam roller	1924	NU 3041	D. Lomas, New Mills		notes
20	Aveling & Porter no. 2031	English Rose	Steam roller	1884	ME 3918	Ian Corfield, Derbyshire		one of the earliest Aveling's in the UK
21	Aveling & Porter no. 14017	Katie	Steam roller	1930	SV 6022	Malcolm Pugh, Leicester
22	Sentinel no. 7651	-	Steam waggon	1928	BS 9251	M. Johnson, Coalville, Leicester		Unfortunately no photo of full waggon taken at event !
23	Sentinal no. 5558	Name	Steam Tractors	1924	PD 1854	Clarke family, Macclesfield	Image	Not seen ?
24	Stanley Steam Car	-	Stanley Model 65 - 10hp	1913	DS 7696	A.V. Wilson, Alton Staffordahire		Top speed 50 mph
25	CEK Steam Car	-	Steam Car (scratch built)	1947 >	Q125 RMA	William Chorlton, Knutsford, Cheshire	Not seen	Built from parts over 40 years
Not listed	Fowler no. 15323	Excelsior	Road Locomotive	1913	HR 3697	D. Earnshaw, Derbyshire		not in guide
entry no	no.	Name	type	year	reg	owner	Image	notes

2008 Heavy haulage & plant

A selection of heavy haulage trucks and items of plant, were dispersed around the site rather than one defined area. The trucks were mainly mixed in with the commercials and most of the plant was from J.C. Balls & Sons collection displayed with some of there modern kit and a display from T.C. Harrison JCB of modern plant.

Heavy Haulage & Plant exhibit list

entry no.	Make	model / no.	Reg no. / Serial no. (if known)	year built	Owner	Photo	Misc info
H1	Albion	Albion Claymore	WRA 571+	1954	T. Mellor, Belper		Fitted with Recovery jib
H2	Scammell	Scammell 15MU	PWV 618	1957	Kath Strutt	150px	Not seen
H3	Austin	Austin FE	URK 37	1958	G. Cox, Sandiacre Notts	150px	Recovery
H4	Ford	Ford D1000	GVO 67U	1970	L. Shakeshsft, Theapwood ?		150px]]	Not photographed
H5	AEC	AEC Matador	GAS 899+	1950	D. Ludlam, Temple Normanton		Fitted with recovery jib
H6	AEC	AEC Matador	YNN 724	1957	S, Mayle, South Clifton, ?		150px]]	No photo taken
H7	AEC / Coles Cranes	Coles Crane sn 12902	LTO 806P	1952	A. Croft, Tibshelf		Livery of "Croft Crane Services"
H8	Atkinson	Atkinson MK1	GVO 239J	1971	D. Wilson, Shepshed, ?		150px]]	Recovery vehicle
H9	Atkinson	Model no. ?	TAW 123H	1968	T. Brookes, Freehay, ?		150px]]	not seen
H10	AEC	AEC Mercury	314 BVO	1959	P. Walton, Horsley Forest, ?		150px]]	not photographed
H11	Unipower	Unipower Forester	NBJ 661	1952	A. Ambrey, Stanton in the Peak, Derbys.		150px]]	Not photographed
H12	Scammell	Scammell Junior Contractor	ULY 904	1957	G. Strutt, Darley Dale, Derbys.		150px]]	Not photographed
H13	Scammell	Scammell Highwayman	GUX 650D	1966	P. Ufton, Stanley Common, ?		In Wrekin Roadways livery.
H14	-	-	-	-	-		No entry listed
H15	JCB	15 cwt JCB 1D Dumper	sn 100-126	1964	A. McLeod, Duffield		Could be H16
H16	JCB	JCB 1D dumper	sn 100-127	1964	Jenny Clark, Duffield		Could be H15
H17	John Deere	John Deere 760 Elevating Scraper	GOG 310D	1966	J.C. Balls collection		A unusual machine in the UK
H18	Hymac	Hymac 480 crane	-	1966	J.C. Balls collection		A rare example (possibly unique survivor)
H19	JCB	JCB 7	-	1966	J.C. Balls collection		rare example of an early JCB 360 excavator
H20	Caterpillar	Caterpillar D6	Serial no ?	1940	J.C. Balls collection
H21	Caterpillar	Caterpillar R4 with Dozer blade	Serial no ?	1943	J.C. Balls collection		Fitted with cable controlled LeTourneau Inc. blade
H22	Caterpillar	Caterpillar Sixty	Serial no	1929	J.C. Balls collection
H23	JCB	JCB 1 Digger	BXA 926B Serial no ?	1964	J.C. Balls collection
H24	Scammell	Scammell Crusader	NOF 452R+	1976	J.C. Balls collection		used to haul the vintage fleet
H25	ERF	ERF E12 TX 300	[[J964 GLG	1992	R. Chamberlain collection, Beeston Notts.		150px]]	Not seen
H26	Seddon	Seddon Diesel 6LXB	CRTO 485K	1972	R. Chamberlain collection Beeston Notts.		150px]]	Not seen
not listed	JCB/Ford	JCB MK1 Excavator	JCB sn 2103	?	J.C. Balls collection
-	make	Model no.	Reg no. ?/Serial no	Year	Owner ?		150px]]

2008 Tractors

Some of the tractors from the 2008 show. - If we missed your tractor please add it to the list. If your tractor is listed please add any missing details and/or add a individual vehicle page for it to include more history info or photos.

Tractor exhibit list

entry no.	Make & model / no.	Reg no.	Serial no. (if known)	year built	Owner	Photo	Misc info
-	Model no.	Reg no. ?	Serial no	Year	Owner ?		150px]]

Commercials and military vehicles

Commercials exhibit list

entry no.	Make &	Model / no.	Reg no.	year built	Owner	Photo	Misc info
add more entries	by copying block	below and	pasting in	between entris
-	Make	Model no.	Reg no. ?	Year	Owner ?		150px]]

Cars

Ass derails here

See also

• Shows and Meets
• Collections
• Show reports
• NTET - National traction engine trust

References

• Cromford 2008 Rally programme

External links

• Official rally web site
• NTET organisation