Don explains about the Mirrlees U type engine1258 viewsTaken during the Saturday night visit from the 1000 Engine Rally
1000 Engine Rally 2007 – Saturday night at the museum1257 viewsthe Visitor's Book is full of fantastic feedback
Over in the Memorial Building1257 viewsTaken during the Saturday night visit from the 1000 Engine Rally
several pieces of heavy equipment were needed to move the tons of shale1254 views
Watching some of the outside engines being run1254 viewsTaken during the Saturday night visit from the 1000 Engine Rally
1000 Engine Rally 2007 – inside our stall1252 viewsGeoff runs the Atkinson-cycle engine for the crowd
1000 Engine Rally 2007 – a few that caught our eye1245 viewsduring a very quick walk around we did capture a few shots of engines - all too soon we had to cut short our walk around and head back to the marquee to run the Atkinson again.
Apologies for not being able to spend long enough looking around the great engines on display.
Mobility Scooter presented to the museum1245 viewsMotorised scooter is presented to the museum by Bill Coxhead on behalf of the North West Stationary Engine Association
Mirrlees collection1242 viewsthe Memorial building now has several interesting "groupings" to examine
1000 Engine Rally 2007 – inside our stall1239 viewsFor once the replica engine gets ignored while the Atkinson steals the show.
The replica Otto, Langen & Roosen atmospheric engine built by Wayne Timms and Dave Allen.
Don explains the working to a curious visitor1239 viewstaken during the Saturday night visit from the 1000 Engine Rally
Ready for the Gardner 4T5 to be run1239 viewstaken during the Saturday night visit from the 1000 Engine Rally