The small unidentified engine that Arnie Fero had been inspecting when we first arrived was an interesting exercise in mechanical arrangement, having its flywheels inside the main bearings, somewhat reminiscent of a motorcycle engine without the crankcase. The owner wanted to hear from anyone with information on the engine, but after two days that we were there he had not had any responses.
The Rumeley scale model (if that is what it was) attracted my interest as we have a large following of scale models of traction engines in the UK, many to 6"/foot or half-scale. Two full-sized Rumeleys were located alongside the entrance road as we came in each day, and were running on the Saturday afternoon, albeit a bit smokily!
Continuing our walk round the stalls, we still found engines and folks to talk to that we had missed first time round. It seemed that you would get diverted across to something interesting, which led to something else, and then you would be well away from your original track. We never had time to look at all the tractors, just the engines, and I bet we missed a few of them as well!
There was a number of small electrical generating sets such as the DelcoLight and separate dynamos on sale. Nothing too large and in most cases the prices being asked were quite reasonable. The Trading Post area was one that we returned to a few times, not least because we found a guy selling iced tea! It was superb in the heat of the afternoon and we had a couple of drinks while we chatted to the pair on the stall.
The stall selling the radio equipment was over by the permanent buildings by the racecourse, and we stopped for a chat with the owners who had an involvement with a small museum in Portland itself called "Museum of the Soldier". We didn't get time to call round and see it (it's in East Arch Street) but promised ourselves to visit next year if we found the time.
