Old Glory

If you love the spectacle of immaculately-restored old machinery, or are fascinated by Britain’s rich industrial and transport heritage, Old Glory is the magazine for you! In vivid detail it brings back all the sights and sounds of yesteryear. Glorious showman’s engines belt out the amperes to drive historic fairground rides; pairs of mighty steam ploughing engines turn the soil; steam rollers make up roads once more; tram wheel flanges squeal through town and city streets; colourful working narrowboats ply the canals; dray horses deliver good ale to the pubs; vintage tractors cough into life; stationary engines turn over tirelessly and the commercial vehicles we used to know take to the road again. This magazine covers these magnificent steam engines that once powered this nation. Whether you’re interested in the latest news, stories of steam engines saved from obscurity, upcoming events or detailed features on the history of these wonderful machines you’ll find it in Old Glory.

ADVANCE RISES FROM THE DEAD

Meet the team

Old Glory

WELCOME

NEW LIFE FOR ENDEAVOUR • Dave Vaughan tells Old Glory the full story of the re-incarnation of 1930 Wallis & Steevens 6 ton Advance No. 8047 Endeavour, which is just back on the road!

FESTIVE ROAD RUNS RAISE THOUSANDS

GARRETT SELLS

MARSHALL GETS A CLEAN OUT!

GET SET, TRACTOR WORLD IS HERE!

ADVANCE RISES FROM THE DEAD

BACK AS NEVER BEFORE!

SENTINEL SUPER CHANGES HANDS

HUGE MASSEY FERGUSON & FERGUSON SALE ANNOUNCED

SOMERSET VINTAGE & CLASSIC SHOW

CHRIS SIMMONDS 1949-2025

RICHARD BOOTY

RICHARD PIERCE

MODEL NEWS • Mike Neale takes his monthly look at recently released diecast models, this month featuring vans, ice cream vans and lorries from Oxford Diecast in 1/76, 1/120 and 1/148 scale.

Letters • The editor is always delighted to receive your e-mails, letters, photographs and more on any subject you like! But please be sensible and courteous to everyone when you write in. Letters published are not the views of the publisher or editor. Thank you!

NEW YEAR SALE

IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK! • On Sunday 28 December over 1,200 people ventured to Preston Services, Preston Court, Wingham, Kent where their museum was publicly opened for the day and what a day it was too!

RAILWAY Roundabout News

ALL CHANGE AT THE VALE OF RHEIDOL! • The Vale of Rheidol Railway at Aberystwyth in North Wales has historically had a reputation for being a bastion of Great Western Railway culture with its uniform fleet of GWR green-liveried tank engines on rakes of chocolate and cream rolling stock. But not any more, with some bold changes to the locomotive’s liveries and an influx of interesting engines arriving at the railway. Simon Colbeck reports for Old Glory.

STEAM PLOUGH REVIEW 2025 PART 1

WEETING 18-20 JULY

YESTERDAY’S FARMING 16-17 AUGUST

ROMNEY MARSH PLOUGHING MATCH SUNDAY 7 SEPTEMBER

WEST KENT PLOUGHING MATCH 20 SEPTEMBER

SOMERSET PLOUGHING 20-21 SEPTEMBER

CASTERTON PLOUGHERS IN ACTION 20-21 SEPTEMBER

THE GREAT REMPSTONE STEAM AND COUNTRY SHOW, 12-13 JULY • Wimbledon and the summer heatwave didn’t put the crowds off from visiting one of the longest-running events on the rally scene, The Great Rempstone Steam and Country Show, writes Simon Colbeck.

SUSSEX STEAM IN THE SUN • Zack Stiling reports that steam returned to the beautiful setting of Parham Park, near Storrington, for the 2025 Sussex Steam Rally.

“IN THE BEGINNING” – 1924 FORD MODEL TT VAN • The Brazil butcher’s business really took off after it motorised its deliveries in the 1920s. The Model T Ford Register of Great Britain was inaugurated in 1960, and T specialist Neil Tuckett was introduced to the model in 1978....