Editing Traction engine (section)

==External links==
{{commons category|Traction engines}}

===Research===
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080114071620/http://www.ruralhistory.org/nof/victorianfarming/show.php?command=showmanulist Database of historical agricultural engineering companies of the UK] &ndash; ''([[Museum of English Rural Life|MERL]])''
*[http://www.farmcollector.com/search.aspx?taxonomyid=1DD6DEB8-6A35-4D9D-AC30-6DE6B99547D2 Steam Traction magazine &ndash; searchable article archive (1951-date)] <BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''Covers {{not a typo|mainly-}}US traction engines and [[steam tractors]], [[threshing machine]]s and steam-powered agricultural machinery.''
*[http://www.steamscenes.org.uk Steam Scenes &ndash; extensive '''searchable''' photo library] &ndash; ''preserved traction engines in the UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand''
*[http://www.steam-up.co.uk/traction_engine_galleries.htm Steam-Up &ndash; photo library] &ndash; ''UK-based preserved traction engines''
*[http://www.tractiontime.co.uk Traction Time &ndash; vast searchable photo library & discussion forums] &ndash; ''Information about UK-based traction engines''

===History===
<!--*[http://www.ruralhistory.org/nof/victorianfarming/show.php History of mechanisation in farming] &ndash; ''Timeline, 1700–1914 ([[Museum of English Rural Life|MERL]])''-->
*[http://www.steam-up.co.uk/traction_engine_history.htm Concise history of the traction engine] &ndash; ''evolution, from earliest experiments to widespread manufacture, plus definitions of the six main types''
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100612025329/http://www.steamploughclub.org.uk/history.htm History of steam ploughing]  &ndash; ''particularly covers the very early years as different techniques were tried''
*[http://www.electricscotland.com/agriculture/page26.htm Transactions] of the [[Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland]] &ndash; ''(c.1871) report of trial of Fiskens Steam Cultivation Machinery (a windlass ploughing apparatus) -- including description and diagram''
*[http://www.promotex.ca/articles/cawthon/2006/2006-02-01_article.html History of Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Company (Iowa)] &ndash; ''the first gasoline-powered traction engine, and forerunner of the John Deere tractor range''
*[http://www.ranger.demon.co.uk/aveling/aveling.htm "Steam Dinosaur" &ndash;  world's oldest surviving traction engine] ''(plus much history of early Aveling products)''
*[http://www.roadlocosociety.org.uk/ The Road Locomotive Society] &ndash; ''charitable society founded in 1937 for education and research into history of traction engines and portable engines''

===Preservation===
*[http://www.hollycombe.co.uk/road-steam/ Hollycombe Steam Collection]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071230063453/http://www.steam-era.com/traction_21st_century.htm Aspects of restoring and owning a traction engine]
*[http://www.ntet.co.uk/ National Traction Engine Trust]
*[http://www.eates.org/ East Anglian Traction Engine Society]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060620081519/http://www.steamscenes.org.uk/resources/index.html Engine Resources]
*[http://www.steam-up.co.uk/ UK Traction engine rallies]
*[https://roughandtumble.org/ Rough and Tumble]

===Further information===
*[http://www.bseps.org.uk/diagram/engine_diagram.htm Interactive diagram of a traction engine showing major components.]
*[http://www.steam-up.co.uk/useful_terms.htm Glossary of traction engine terminology]
*[http://www.vintagespirit.co.uk/ ''Vintage Spirit''] magazine
*[http://www.oldglory.co.uk/ ''Old Glory''] magazine
*[https://www.steamscenes.org.uk/engines/types/ Types of Steam Traction Engines] 
*[https://thetractionengineregister.webs.com/ The Traction Engine Register] &ndash; ''The official website of The Traction Engine Register''

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