A STEAM locomotive that was designed to be an Army vehicle more than a century ago took to the roads at the weekend. The Fowler steam roller engine was designed for the British Army in 1900 for ...

A steam engine that is listed as having state significance will soon return to Wellington after a protracted restoration process costing a quarter of a million dollars. The John Fowler Steam Road ...

A 1930s steam engine which was bought for £50 in 1950, has been sold at auction for £911,000. The Lion was one of four showman's road locomotives built by agricultural engineers Fowler for the ...

In the early 1900s, the English engineering company John Fowler & Co predicted the demise of steam engines and, betting on the future, sought to develop oil-powered tractors. One of them ...

Built in 1829, the Middleton Top winding engine, near Matlock, will be powered by steam for the first time since the 1950s and will connect to two Fowler ploughing traction engines. It is the only ...

East Kent Railway is gearing up for the rededication of the John Fowler steam engine Volunteer Colin Varrall said: "The locomotive will be involved in performing tricks with eggs being held ...

The make of the machine is a DN1 Fowler Steam Roller which was bought ... He said he has been involved in steam engine restoration for 35 years and was the vice-president of the Queensland Steam ...

The Fowler steam roller engine was designed for the British Army in 1900 for use in the Second Boer War. But when the first two models of the 8.5-ton vehicle were fully armoured, they weighed 24 ...