Old Glory

Old Glory is Britain’s best-selling magazine for steam and vintage machinery enthusiasts. Its blend of news, rally reports, exclusive features and archive material has provided inspiration for new restoration projects as well as giving readers a rare look at some old favourites.

ROLLER DELIGHT!

BACK ON THE ROAD

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Welcome

PINKNEYS GREEN HERE WE COME! • Seeing steam on the road is something very special these days, it should be cherished, as such journeys get hard and harder to undertake with today’s road conditions and legislation.

FIRST APPEARANCE FOR WALLIS OILBATH TRACTOR

PETER RICHARDSON

HURST SHOWMAN’S VAN GETS REFRESH

SANDY MACNAB DEBUTS

OLDEST SURVIVING BLACK FIVE BACK IN SERVICE

BIG BEN CHANGES HANDS

FERMOY PROGRESS

LOWLANDER GOES BACK TO ITS ROOTS

MODEL NEWS • Mike Neale takes his monthly look at recently released diecast and resin models of tractors, plant, trucks, vans and buses in 1/24, 1/32, 1/43, 1/50 and 1/87 scale.

OLD GLORY EVENTS GUIDE 2021

COMMUNITY SPIRIT TOPS CHILTERN RUN

EVESHAM LIGHT RAILWAY GALA

A GREAT WEEKEND ON THE GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY

DRIFFIELD STEAM FAIR 2021 – UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT

MAD JACK FULLER ROAD RUN!

BACK TO THEIR ROOTS

ROAD MEETS RAIL AT THE BLUEBELL RAILWAY • The first Road Meets Rail event at the Bluebell Railway was in 2019 and was a great success. The team lead by Liz Groome and Steve Paxton was anxious to build on that success but this was not to be as Covid struck in 2020.

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BROAD SUPPORT FOR HERITAGE STEAM AMENDMENT

AUTUMN APPEAL FOR HORSTED KEYNES STATION

REMEMBERING THE BERLIN WALL… AND THE TRAMS

SEVERN VALLEY TO TRIAL HYDROGEN SHUNTER

MORE NORTH BAY MEMORIES UNCOVERED

NEXT RAIL PROJECTS AT AMBERLEY

CHARITY STEAM FAIR A GREAT SUCCESS

PORTABLES ARE NUMBER ONE!

DEBUTS GALORE AT RICHMOND! • Besides the Richmond Light Railway, on Saturday 15 August Jeremy Martin invited a superb selection of road steamers, including the best selection of steam portables gathered together in 2021 thanks to the efforts of Roger Luck and others.

MINIATURES AT FYLDE

GMES GALA RETURNS

HISTORY OF STEAM SHOVELS • Keith Haddock continues his A-to-Z review of steam shovels. Here he covers lesser-known American manufacturers that were established in the early years of the 20th century.

FODEN - BRITAIN’S BIGGEST • Nick Baldwin continues his look at the larger end of the dumptruck scale in Britain.

MARKFIELD RE-OPENS • At 11am on Sunday 25 July the Markfield Beam Engine & Museum at Tottenham in north London reopened their doors and at 12.30pm the 1886 beam engine ran for the first time since the pandemic began. The moment was given a spontaneous round of applause by all those present, including our reporter James Hamilton.

MARRATXI RAILWAY PARK

ANOTHER REPLICA CZECH TROLLEYBUS

ANDY’S LONG TRIP INTO THE OUTBACK

DISCOVERIES IN PORTUGAL IN 1970

A ROBEY PORTABLE’S AUSTRALIAN ANNIVERSARY

THE RAILWAY COLLECTION AT GLENORCHY, TASMANIA

SALES

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NEWS EXTRA: DEBUTS OVER AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY