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Steam-Era is the annual show produced by the “Ontario Steam & Antique Preservers Association” held at the Milton fairgrounds in in the heart of Milton, Ontario, Canada just south of their main street every Labour Day weekend. Their members are devoted to the preservation and restoration of heritage equipment and bring their painstakenly restored machinery to display and operate at Steam Era.
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Steam engines from the turn of the century silently puff there way around the grounds. Hundreds of tractors and stationary engines along with antique cars, models and agricultural displays recreate life in the rural country a hundred years ago.

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However, a number of us will be attending the show as it is a truly entertaining and fun experience. In the middle picture below from a previous show, we find TRHA folks – Michael Guy and Mike Salisbury – operating one of the massive steam tractors. Michael Guy and Jon Hull will be operating one of these massive tractors once again at this year’s event.

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This is a show not to be missed as you seldom see from one to two dozen massive steam tractors today at a single event. This year’s show will be especially memorable as it is the 50th anniversary of their first show in 1960.
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The show runs from Friday, September 3rd to Monday, September 6th, 2010 (Labour Day). To learn more about this event, read our three part news coverage of last year’s show by clicking here. For more information about this year’s show, visit their newly rebuilt website at http://www.steam-era.com/.

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Posting by Russ Milland; Pictures (above) from the Steam Era website; Pictures below by Russ Milland
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