The 2025 East Anglian Traction Engine Society Annual General Meeting papers will be emailed and posted out to all members very soon.
The AGM will be held on Saturday 15th November in Ickleton Village Hall, further details will be sent out to members soon.

We now have a range of East Anglian Traction Engine Society 70th anniversary clothing for sale in our NEW online shop!
Please visit today and order yours!

Join us for the 2025 Crank Up, held at Carvery Barracks on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th April. Fun for all the Family! Click on the image to be taken to the Crank Up website.

The 2024 East Anglian Traction Engine Society Annual General Meeting papers have been emailed and posted out to all members.
The AGM will be held on Saturday 9th November in Ford End Village Hall, any members that have online access to our members area can view the AGM paperwork online, if you haven't received a copy, please get in touch with us.

If you're not already a member, then sign up today to be able to watch our latest archive videos!! We've added Richard Parrott and Barry Freeman to our list of archive films, watch as they tell stories about their lives with steam engines, capturing oral history from these East Anglian steam engine enthusiasts of days gone by.
​New teaser video added to our homepage that will give you a feel of what our project is all about.
Login to the Members Area to view all the Archive Videos.

​This year’s AGM took place at the Power of the Past collection at Bentwaters in Suffolk, by kind permission of Bill Kemball. 
Following the minute’s silence at 11am for Armistice Day, the meeting progressed with little controversy.  President Jonathan Wheeler was pleased to announce good progress on our video archive project, and Chairman Stuart Hines announced that two grants have been made from our Heritage Fund this year, to Bressingham Steam Museum and the Charles Burrell Museum to be allocated to specific restoration purposes. Both also reflected on a successful Crank Up, with thanks to those involved in organising it. Our Membership Secretary Robert Pumfrey informed us that he has now been in post for fifty years, and was able to confirm that membership numbers remained static over the course of the year, which is reassuring in these uncertain times.
There have been some personnel changes, with Verity Percival standing down as Vice Chair and Terry Taberer relinquishing the role of Sales Officer, although both are happily remaining as trustees and committee members, so we thank them for all they have done and will continue to do for the Society.
Our webmaster Kate Plant has stepped up to take on the Vice Chair position. The Sales position is currently vacant, and we welcome any enquiries from anybody who may be interested in the role. Terry and the other committee members will be on hand to support anybody who comes forward.

Following tea and sandwiches, we were free to explore Bill’s wonderfully diverse collection of tractors, vehicles, steam engines and all kinds of memorabilia from war to fashion and everything in between, and to enjoy the sight of three portable engines at work.  A big thank you to Bill, his family and helpers, and those who steamed engines for our visit.
If you'd like to become a member of the East Anglia Traction Engine Society, please visit our Join us page and sign up today!

East Anglian Traction Engine Society members can now access these videos via the members area. If you're not a member sign up today for online access, and to receive our Steam Preservation magazine.

If you're an existing member of EATES and would like to login to our new members area, please contact us with your details and we'll send you a link to create a new password.
Previously, on the old website you could login with your membership details, this has now changed and you need to create a new password to enable access to the members area.
Contact us today to set up new login details.

It's that time of year again, for the East Anglian Traction Engine Society, Annual General Meeting.
This year it will be held on Saturday 12 November at Strumpshaw Steam Museum, Norwich, NR13 4HR. The venue will be open from 10.30am, ready for AGM business at 11.00am. Following the AGM business, refreshments will be provided at 12.00 midday. At 1pm the museum will be providing viewing with an engine in steam and organ playing.
For apologies or further information, please contact Honorary Secretary Daphne Rumball, [email protected]

Congratulations to our President, Jonathan Wheeler and his hardworking family and friends on a very successful threshing day at Bardwell in Suffolk. Visitors were treated to the rare sight of two complete tackles working side by side, powered by Jonathan's Ruston "Oliver" and our chairman Stuart Hines' Fowell engine "Percy".

The Ruston was running the Foster drum now owned by Danny Wheeler, and formerly the pride and joy of our late members George and Marian Royce, and which had not been worked for fifty years.

Alan Hines also attended with his Robey showman’s tractor "Batsheba", while Jonny Ling took along his Pleur street organ. A selection of other vintage exhibits joined in the fun, and a good sum was raised for the upkeep of Bardwell Windmill. 

With thanks to Gary Clayton for the use of his images.

We've updated our website and although now live, it is still work in progress!
Please be patient with us whilst we continue to work on this and grow the website for members and public. We'll be adding events and news articles so be sure to follow the progress!
The members area will follow shortly and we hope to have an online shop soon.