gingerfold:
Zeds
TruckNetUK.Old Time Lorries.A To Z Transport Miscellaney.And the letter is Y… 
VALKYRIE.Wednesday,13th September,2017 - the late,great and multi-talented Mel Tormé’s birthday
Yorkshire.1903 - 1993.The Leeds-based Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Company built steam lorries from 1903 to 1937,and an hallmark of their
design was the transversely-mounted double-ended steam boiler,with a centrally-positioned firebox.As steam lorries and other steam road vehicles
became more and more obsolete and uncompetitive,because of the gradual improvement in the design of petrol and diesel road vehicles,Yorkshire
began producing a diesel-engined lorry range in 1933 - although Yorkshire did make some petrol-engined lorries as far back as 1912!
The WK 4,6 and 8-wheeler lorries were made until 1938,after which Yorkshire just made specialist bodywork for commercial vehicles.
Dorman-Ricardo and Gardner diesel engines were fitted in the lorries,which had an optional Wilson-Pre-Selector Gearbox.
Yorkshire WG-Model Overtype,Vertical Compound Steam-Engined,Dropside-Bodied,6-Ton Payload,Shaft Drive 4x2 Steam Lorry,Engine-Chassis No.2108,UA 1788,YORKSHIRE LAD,UA 1788,Leeds,March 1927 :-
AEC Y-Type,Fixedside-Bodied,4x2 Lorry,1916.Osram Lamps.GEC London.Matchbox Models Of Yesteryear No.Y6 - 1-5 :-
LNER Gresley W1 Hush-Hush 4-Cylinder Compound 4-6-4 Steam Railway Locomotive,No.10000,1929 - middle.Experimental -initially secret-hush-hush - steam railway locomotive with a Yarrow high pressure steam marine-type boiler :-
In 1937,due to reliability problems,the Hush Hush was re-built into 3-cylinder steam railway locomotive,with a Stephenson -type 250 LBS steam
pressure boiler,given A4 Pacific steamlined styling and re-numbered in British Railways days as 60700.It’s original Yarrow marine-type steam boiler
was 450 LBS.The Hush Hush was scrapped in 1959.
Ford Motor Company,USA,built a new factory in Dagenham,Essex,for the British Ford subsidiary,production started in 1931.Ford introduced the
famous Model Y Motorcar range in 1932,which was replaced in 1937 by the 7Y model - my Father’s first motorcar was a black 1938 Ford 7Y,and
was nicknamed The Old Ford by the family 
Ford Model 7Y 8 HP,933 CC,2-Door,4-Light,Saloon-Sedan,1938.The 7Y replaced the Model Y in 1937.My Dad’s first motorcar was a Ford 7Y,exactly like this one,painted black - The Old Ford,my family’s nickname for it :-
The Lockheed YF-12A Supersonic Advanced Interceptor Aeroplane - Aircraft prototype,was based on the secret Lockheed A12 reconnaissance spy aeroplane.Designed by Clarence Leonard Kelly Johnson’s Skunk Works.Lockheed SR71 Blackbird Spy Aeroplane was developed from the
A12.WIKIPEDIA QUOTE:The YF-12 set and held speed and altitude world records of over 2,000 mph (3,200 km/h) and over 80,000 ft (later surpassed by the SR-71), and is the world’s largest manned interceptor to date.UNQUOTE.
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Lockheed YF-12A Supersonic Advanced Interceptor Aeroplane - Aircraft prototype,was based on the secret Lockheed A12 reconnaissance spy aeroplane.Designed by Clarence Leonard Kelly Johnson’s Skunk Works.Johnson was known as Kelly :-
Yorkshire Traction Company was founded in 1902,this famous motorcoach and bus operator (and tram operator in it’s early days) was taken
over by the well known Stagecoach Group in 2005.The headquarters-offices-garages of Yorkshire Traction on Upper Sheffield Road,Barnsley,were
unfortunately demolished,and the site is now a housing estate 
All of Yorkshire Traction’s motorcoaches and buses,are now
garaged and/or parked in the open at Stagecoach’s Wakefield Road depot,Barnsley.
AEC Matador O853,Cab-Worshop-Streamlined-Bodied,Crane-Equipped,4x4 Heavy Recovery Vehicle - HRV - Wrecker - Breakdown Lorry - Tow Truck.Yorkshire Traction,Barnsley.Yorkshire Traction is now part of Stagecoach.Site is now a housing estate :-
Hornsby - Foster Mammoth Yukon Steam Road Locomotive Caterpillar Tracked Tractor was built by Hornsby of Grantham,and employed a Foster,
of Lincoln,compound steam engine as the power unit.It was built for the Northern Light Power & Coal Company,Yukon,in western Canada.
It pulled eight loaded drawbar trailers 40-miles from Dawson City to Klondyke.It did this with ease.But how long it remained in service is not
certain.It was certainly out of use by the 1930s,and the road locomotive chassis-caterpillar tracks-driver control footplate parts were found
in 1974,and this unit is now on display as part of Canada’s heritage,complete with an information plaque.The engine and boiler are still
currently missing.
Several full-sized and scale-model fully-working live steam replicas of this magnificent Hornsby - Foster Mammoth Yukon Steam Road Locomotive Caterpillar Tracked Tractor have been built.One of the scale models,complete with three replica drawbar trailers was recently for sale on
EBay UK.QV Youtube to see one of these scale-models in action :-
youtube.com/watch?v=In3N54bfuhE
And Youtube for a full-size replica in action - I don’t think it’s quite as big as the original:-
youtube.com/watch?v=KlsNNfzsJDI
Hornsby - Foster Mammoth Yukon Compound 80 BHP 4-Speed Heavy Haulage Steam Road Locomotive Caterpillar Tracked Tractor,Engine No.12459. 1909.Yukon,Canada.Pulled 8 drawbar trailers -100-tons GTW.Vehicle has partly survived :-
I count myself very fortunate that I’m very interested in all the subjects that I’m covering in this A To Z Transport Miscellaney,including
American cars QV photograph below:-
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Buick Y-Job Dream Car-Concept Car-Motorcar Of The Future,of 1938,conceived by the head of General Motors Corporation’s Styling Department,Harley Earl.Styled by GM’s George Snyder to see what future motorcars might look like :-
RAF Royal Air Force Y-Service.World War Two.The Y-Service was the fascinating radio communications division,but it also did secret work
on radar,*Electronic Counter Measures,**Electronic Intelligence,signals interception,etc,etc.Fascinating! 
Handley Page Halifax Mk3 4-Engined Heavy Night Bomber Aeroplane.WW2.The RAF Thousand Bomber Raids were accompanied by mysterious Halifax’s of the RAF’s secret Y-Service doing *ECM & **ELINT missions :-
YANKS
QUOTE:
Yanks are back in Saddleworth Moor in 2016.
This very popular annual event was first staged 16 years ago to celebrate the local filming of the Hollywood movie “YANKS” in 1979 starring Richard Gere. Many locations in Uppermill and neighbouring Dobcross were used in the film. Just like the movie set, living history reenactors and vintage military vehicles owners recreate an atmosphere of Wartime Britain. Lots of wartime entertainment, period stalls, dancing, military vehicle parade and much, much more…! UNQUOTE. Great fun! …
…and this is too :-
Pacific M26 Armoured 6x6 Tractive Unit-Articulated Tank Transporter,followed by Diamond T 981 6x4 Diesel Road Locomotive - Drawbar Trailer Tank Transporter.Parade of Yankee-USA WW2 Historic Military Vehicles:-
And now for the letter Z
VALKYRIE
Frankydobo:
How about ‘Warricks’ and Chains, which was once a staple requirement of the general haulage drivers equipment.
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Oh yeah I remember those, I always kept a few sets in the passenger footwell along with a 3 foot long piece of scaffolding pipe to get some serious purchase on those chains.
I think I must have had over 100kgs of rusty chains in there too 
Edit: I’ve just remembered what we called them, Chains & dwangs.
Zwicky Runway Sweeper, which were usually painted with big red and white squares and sometimes with a yellow roof.
This has been a good thread,with some intresting stuff popped on here,shame we are on Z Graham !
ZIL Trucks.
We can keep it going DEAN, anything random or interesting can come into this thread, I mean, the contributions from VALKERIE have been fascinating, so it can become a miscellaney of this, that, and the other.
gingerfold:
We can keep it going DEAN, anything random or interesting can come into this thread, I mean, the contributions from VALKERIE have been fascinating, so it can become a miscellaney of this, that, and the other.
Agreed there is some great content/pictures in this thread. I love looking at the old transport films in which I grew up in, there is a series of short films made by the Rank organization called ‘Look at life’ which they used to show at the pictures before the main film, There are some excellent vids on youtube for public viewing about transport of the late 50’s early 60’s. they bring back great memories for me.
Love all the photos on here. I’ve read loads of books about heavy bombers in World War Two. The Halifax was not as efficient as the Lancaster allegedly. I remember reading about a pre flight briefing on one of those thousand bomber raids. The ‘Geek’ reading out statistics before to a Lancaster squadron, predicted the collision likelihood was about one collision per hour over the target area, ‘but I understand that the statistics say the collision will be between a Halifax and a Hamden!’
This was greeted with a huge cheer from the Lancaster crews.
I may be wrong on detail, but as I remember the statistics were proved right.
Driving a truck didn’t come close really, did it!
John.
26 letters on 26 pages seems about right to me. I’ve enjoyed this thread especially Valkyrie’s great posts and of course, those from the OP.
Could we do numbers now?
TruckNetUK.Old Time Lorries.A To Z Transport Miscellaney…First a bit of culture 
QUOTE,From Fun Trivia Website:- A letter of the alphabet is condemned in a William Shakespeare play. Which letter by which character and for what reason?
Question #58400. Asked by GMackeMatix.
Last updated Jul 19 05. Originally posted Jul 18 05 7:23 PM.
TabbyTom
Currently voted the best answer
Vote for this answer
“Thou whoreson zed! Thou unnecessary letter!” is said by the Earl of Kent to Oswald in Scene 2 of Act 2 of “King Lear.”
Presumably the opinion is Kent’s rather than William Shakespeare’s own, since the playwright uses the words zany, zeal(ous), zenith, zephyrs,zodiac,zone and buzz in his works, and presumably spelled them with zed’s.
Jul 19 05, 4:46 AM.UNQUOTE.
Personally,I really like the letter Z VALKYRIE.Sunday,17th September,2017.
Thanks for the compliments Gingerfold and ChrisArbon
From Russia With Love,Matt Monroe.James Bond. …and President Putin…
ZIL.Russian marque manufacturing cars,lorries,buses,military vehicles,etc.1956 to 2012.
The site of ZIL’s factory has become a residential estate,and the company is still active.
The assets of ZIL were formed into a new company in 2014:- MSTS6 AMO ZIL.Will it be producing motor vehicles? - the company took part in
the Moscow International Automobile Salon in 2016
The original ZIL company began in 1916 under the Moscow Automotive Society - AMO name-title.
ZIS became the marque name in 1931 until 1956 in honour of that mass-murderer and megalomaniac,Joseph Stalin - Zavod Imeni Stalina.
WIKIPEDIA QUOTE:After Nikita Khrushchev denounced the cult of personality of Joseph Stalin in 1956, the name was changed again to Zavod imeni Likhachova, after its former director Ivan Alekseevich Likhachov.UNQUOTE. - ZIL.
Many countries hold military parades as public relations,prestige,propaganda,morale-boosting,etc exercises,and the latest and older military Vehicles usually take part in these spectacular parades,to the delight of Motor Vehicle Enthusiasts,including me! And during the Cold War,Soviet Russia - USSR did hold some pretty spectacular and impressive parades of pretty spectacular military vehicles and weapons,all of which displayed Russian military might…North Korea,China and other countries stage similar parades today of course - although their missile transporters and certain other vehicles have become bigger,longer and have more wheels and axles compared to the USSR Cold War military vehicles!
One of the mainstays of Russian military vehicles both during and after the cold certain ZIL motor trucks,including the very popular ZIL-157
And here are some taking part in a USSR or Russian Moscow military parade:-
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ZIL-157B or V Normal Control 2.5-Ton 6x6-4 Articulated Military Rocket Transporter Motor Truck-Lorry.The ZIL-157 Series was one of the mainstays of Soviet-USSR and Russian military transport :-
Z7
John Fowler & Company,Leeds.1850 and ceased trading in 1974.Fowler built traction engines,railway locomotives,diesel engines,traction engine-based ploughing engines,bulldozers,etc.It became part of Marshall of Gainsborough in 1947 and …BUT why am I writing this all down again? 
When I’ve already written a comprehensive company-companies history-histories on this Thread :-
Re: BEST ‘ERGO’ ?
Postby VALKYRIE » Thu May 30, 2013 4:16 pm
Best Ergomatic Cabbed-Lorry Model? PART 22.Page 34.TRUCKNETUK. Around about the 18th post down,at near the bottom of my post:-
Here is a brief excerpt :-But that is not all to the AVELING-BARFORD story.British Leyland with it’s many marques was a virtual Who’s Who of a major part of the British Motor Industry,and was therefore a wonderful collection of British motor vehicle history and heritage some of which went right back in to the 19-Century and the days of steam traction for road vehicles This included,of course,Leyland Motors,Thornycroft and Aveling-Barford,who all built steam road vehicles
AVELING-MARSHALL,FIELD-MARSHALL,ROAD-MARSHALL,TRACK-MARSHALL,CLAYTON & SHUTTLEWORTH,FOWLER,LEYLAND,MARSHALL,MARSHALL-FOWLER,NUFFIELD,STEYR,AVELING-BARFORD AND ALL THAT.
If you want to read it in full please click on this link:-
viewtopic.php?f=35&t=98062&start=990
A simple explanation of the operation of the traditional steam traction engine-based steam ploughing engine is this:-Two ploughing engines are positioned on the opposite sides of the field to be ploughed,each engine is equipped with a huge winch with a wire rope,which on a Fowler BB,is 1,350 feet in length.The wire rope of Engine A is extended to the opposite end of the field and is attached to the front of the manned plough,the end of the rope of the other Engine,B,which is close by,is attached to the rear part of the plough.Engine A pulls the plough,now ploughing the field,across this field until it reaches Engine A.The wire rope of Engine,B,is transferred to the front of the plough and the rope of Engine,A,is attached to the rear of the plough.Engine ,B,then hauls the plough around on to the next section of the field to be ploughed and then proceeds to pull the plough across the field while the plough is ploughing of course .Both engines move forward a few feet and stop,to allow the plough to work on the next section of the field,and so on .So the above process is repeated again and again until the whole field is ploughed
Steam Ploughing at Bedfordshire Steam Rally and Country Fayre 2011 Old Warden:-
youtube.com/watch?v=qOyzzUShkUs
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Fowler Z7 Compound 22 NHP Ploughing Engine Traction Engine,Engine No.15670,built 1922,F49 UXF.Repatriated from Mozambique.Fowler was the No.1 manufacturer of ploughing engine traction engines.SS photograph :-
ZX
Padane. Padane,based in Modena,Italy,build bodies for motorcoaches,motorcars,etc.
Ten Padane-bodied motorcoaches were built for the British motorcoach market:-7 Volvo B10M’s for Trathen,2 Mercedes-Benz 0303’s for Trathen
and the unique Leyland Tiger TRTCL11 for the motorcoach and bus dealer,Ensignbus,who sold it to Ebdons,who in turn sold it to Underwoods.who in turn sold it to Delta,of Stockton,who painted it a metallic orange-red and replaced the elegant radiator grille with a Plaxton Paramount Mk3 radiator grille.Where is this Leyland Tiger Padane Motorcoach now?
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Leyland Tiger TRCTL11,3R,218/Padane ZX C47Ft Motorcoach,Chassis No.8101196,Body No.2352,FIL 8694,Originally XPP 289X,Buckingham,April 1982.Ensign,Grays,PSV Dealer,then Ebdons,then Underwoods,then Delta,Stockton :-
Back In The USSR,The Beatles
ZIM
ZIS
&
ZIL.Again
ZIM 3.5-Litre GAZ M-12,4-Door,6-Light,Motorcar-Limousine,1950-circa 1957-1960.Modelled on 1940s American Cadillacs & Buicks.ZIM=Zavod Imieni Molotova :-
Joseph Stalin’s ZIS Model 110 was a special bullet-proof version with armour plating and weighed 7.5-Tons This limousine is now preserved.
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ZIS Model 110 8-Cylinder,4-Door,6-Light,Sedan-Limousine Motorcar,1945-1956,was modelled on the American Packard 180 Motorcar of 1942 - ZIS bought it’s body dies.ZIS=Zavod Imieni Stalina .NOTE: The dates on the photographs are wrong :-
The United States Of America -USA - and the Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics - USSR - operated under two different opposing political systems,
and were the main rivals in the resultant Cold War of 1945 to 1991.And yet it is ironical that at least a good many USSR motor vehicles were
modelled on American cars,motor trucks,buses,motorcoaches,etc ! 
Thus the replacement for the ZIS 110 was the ZIL 111 that had a design based on the 1956 Packard .The revised 111G of 1963 had a
front end that looked like a 1962 Buick The ZIL 114 of 1967 and subseqent motorcar models have the same basic square-edged styling,probably influenced by both the Lincoln Continental and Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman Limousine,and from 1978 have had an imitation traditional exposed radiator,ala Lincoln,Chrysler,Mercedes-Benz,Bentley and Rolls-Royce-style D
A newly-designed limousine,which Porsche has been involved in the design,is due for delivery to President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin in 2018,
and I wonder if the new ZIL company will build it and also produce motorcars based on this new model,which is nicknamed Kortezh = cortege,QV
photograph below.
ZIL - NAMI Presidential Pullman,6.6 Litre Twin Turbocharged V12 800 BHP,Limousine Motorcar.President Putin’s new limousine in 2018.Beautiful.NAMI = Central Scientific Research Automobile And Automotive Engines Institute :-
There are a few Soviet Cold War military vehicles which fascinatingly look like attractive crosses between military vehicles and the
futuristic motor vehicles and other vehicles in certain science fiction films The ZIL-135L4 is a good example of what I mean,QV photograph.
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ZIL-135L4 Front & Rear Steer,Twin ZIL-365,6.9-Litres,OHV,V8,180 BHP Petrol-Engined,10-Ton,8x8 Frog-7 Missile Transporter-Launcher Motor Truck-Lorry.ZIL = Zavod Imieni Likhacheva :-
ZEPPELIN
Maybach. The Rolls-Royce Of Germany. The German Maybach motorcar marque,1921 to 1941.Maybach made big,expensive and impressive
motorcars.Maybach also manufactured engines for marine,industrial and aviation applications,including the famous Zeppelin airships,
so certain Maybach motorcar models had the interesting and attractive Zeppelin model name.
A typical Maybach Zeppelin had three wheelbase options,the smallest being 12 feet,the flywheel diameter was seventeen inches,the width of
the radiator was nearly 3 feet and the length of the bonnet was 7 feet! The top model,with enclosed bodywork,weighed over 3 tons and
was priced at around £3000;the engine was a 7,977 cc - 8-Litres OHV V12-cylinder which produced 200 BHP.This DS8 model had the
impressively named Doppelschnellgang Eight-Forward Speed,Four-Speed Reverse Gearbox!
Maybach built the chassis,while outside body builders built the bodies for these splendid and grand motorcars,which are worthy of a grand
and impressive piece of music,such as Wagner’s magnificent Ride Of The Valkyries!
Maybach also built some magnificent aerodynamic motorcars,such as the streamlined Zeppeplin in the photograph,QV below.
Maybach Zeppelin V12 DS8 8-Litres,Spohn,Stromlinien - Streamlined Aerodynamic Luxury Sedan Motorcar,had the Doppelschnellgang Eight-Forward Speed,Four-Speed Reverse Gearbox,1932.Motor Show :-
NOTE:Daimler - Mercedes-Benz revived the Maybach marque and produced a range of expensive and luxury motorcars from 1997-2013,but the
marque was dropped due to poor sales. Mercedes-Benz then revived the Maybach marque as a sub-marque:- Mercedes-Maybach S500,S550 and
S600 models were introduced in April 2015.
Speaking of Wagner’s grand,very impressive and magnificent Ride Of The Valkyries…
ZWILLING
Heinkel HE 111Z Zwilling 5-Engined Transport Glider Tug Aeroplane,built to tow the Messerschmitt Gigant ME321A1 Transport Glider,which became the 6-engined M323 Aeroplane.Zwilling - twin - was two HE 111’s joined together :-
Die Giganten Kommen = The Giants Are Coming,World War Two The Giants Are Coming German information film,4:01 in length - the soundtrack
appropriately plays Wagner’s Ride Of The Valkyries ! from 1:32 to 2:56.
youtube.com/watch?v=vdafGOaz-2Q
I first saw the above film in the fascinating BBC Television Series on the secret scientific warfare side of World War Two in the six-part
documentary,THE SECRET WAR.I’ve the got fascinating book of the same name based on the television series
ZEPHYR
The Ford Motor Company first used the attractive Zephyr name - meaning the West Wind - in 1936 for the new medium-priced,aerodynamic
and beautiful Lincoln Zephyr V12 Fastback Motorcar,which was Lincoln’s first middle-class car - the marque built expensive luxury motorcars,
as it still does today in 2017 The Lincoln Zephyr V12 was America’s first totally financially successful mass-produced aerodynamic motorcar,
whose origins date back to the futuristic designs of John Joop Johan Jan Tjaarda Van Sterkenburg,1897-1962,Motorcar Designer.His most famous motorcar designs are the magnificent aerodynamic streamlined series of Sterkenburg, Briggs Dream Car projects and the Lincoln Zephyr V12 In fact,the Sterkenburg and Briggs aerodynamic fastback cars greatly influenced the design of the Lincoln Zephyr V12 fastback streamliner…
after all he designed it
The Lincoln Zephyr V12 was produced from 1936 to 1942,and also from 1945 to 1948,but these postwar fastback cars didn’t have the Zephyr name ,plus they were not as attractive as the prewar Zephyrs,and in fact,the best looking Zephyrs were the 1936-1941 models! all of which had variations of the aerodynamic V-Style front end style - the 1942 and 1945-1948 models had less much smoother front ends with box-style front wings.
Ford used the Zephyr name again,along with the Zodiac model name,for the British flagship Ford family sedan-saloon car range from 1950 - from 1954 for the Zodiac - to 1971.These were replaced in 1972 by the Granada range.
Ford revived the Zephyr name in 1978 for the Mercury Zephyr range,made into 1983.
The Zephyr name was briefly revived again for the 2006 model year for the Lincoln Zephyr,an entry level luxury motorcar.
It was re-named MKZ for 2007.
Personally,my favourite Zephyrs are the real and original Lincoln Zephyr V12 Motorcars of 1936 to 1941 They are some of my special
favourite motorcars Please QV photographs below.
Lincoln Zephyr V12,4-Door,6-Light,Sedan-Saloon Fastback Streamlined Aerodynamic Streamliner Motorcar.1936.Ford’s Lincoln Division produced this beautiful car from 1936 to 1942,the basic shape remained the same,but had styling changes :-
There is nothing troublesome about the letter Z at all…
VALKYRIE
VALKYRIE:
TruckNetUK.Old Time Lorries.A To Z Transport Miscellaney.And the letter is Y…Yorkshire.1903 - 1993.The Leeds-based Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Company built steam lorries from 1903 to 1937,and an hallmark of their
design was the transversely-mounted double-ended steam boiler,with a centrally-positioned firebox.As steam lorries and other steam road vehicles
became more and more obsolete and uncompetitive,because of the gradual improvement in the design of petrol and diesel road vehicles,Yorkshire
began producing a diesel-engined lorry range in 1933 - although Yorkshire did make some petrol-engined lorries as far back as 1912!
The WK 4,6 and 8-wheeler lorries were made until 1938,after which Yorkshire just made specialist bodywork for commercial vehicles.
Dorman-Ricardo and Gardner diesel engines were fitted in the lorries,which had an optional Wilson-Pre-Selector Gearbox.
Yorkshire WG-Model Overtype,Vertical Compound Steam-Engined,Dropside-Bodied,6-Ton Payload,Shaft Drive 4x2 Steam Lorry,Engine-Chassis No.2108,UA 1788,YORKSHIRE LAD,UA 1788,Leeds,March 1927 :-
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AEC Y-Type,Fixedside-Bodied,4x2 Lorry,1916.Osram Lamps.GEC London.Matchbox Models Of Yesteryear No.Y6 - 1-5 :-
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LNER Gresley W1 Hush-Hush 4-Cylinder Compound 4-6-4 Steam Railway Locomotive,No.10000,1929 - middle.Experimental -initially secret-hush-hush - steam railway locomotive with a Yarrow high pressure steam marine-type boiler :-
7In 1937,due to reliability problems,the Hush Hush was re-built into 3-cylinder steam railway locomotive,with a Stephenson -type 250 LBS steam
pressure boiler,given A4 Pacific steamlined styling and re-numbered in British Railways days as 60700.It’s original Yarrow marine-type steam boiler
was 450 LBS.The Hush Hush was scrapped in 1959.
Ford Motor Company,USA,built a new factory in Dagenham,Essex,for the British Ford subsidiary,production started in 1931.Ford introduced the
famous Model Y Motorcar range in 1932,which was replaced in 1937 by the 7Y model - my Father’s first motorcar was a black 1938 Ford 7Y,and
was nicknamed The Old Ford by the family
Ford Model 7Y 8 HP,933 CC,2-Door,4-Light,Saloon-Sedan,1938.The 7Y replaced the Model Y in 1937.My Dad’s first motorcar was a Ford 7Y,exactly like this one,painted black - The Old Ford,my family’s nickname for it
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The Lockheed YF-12A Supersonic Advanced Interceptor Aeroplane - Aircraft prototype,was based on the secret Lockheed A12 reconnaissance spy aeroplane.Designed by Clarence Leonard Kelly Johnson’s Skunk Works.Lockheed SR71 Blackbird Spy Aeroplane was developed from the
A12.WIKIPEDIA QUOTE:The YF-12 set and held speed and altitude world records of over 2,000 mph (3,200 km/h) and over 80,000 ft (later surpassed by the SR-71), and is the world’s largest manned interceptor to date.UNQUOTE.
5.
Lockheed YF-12A Supersonic Advanced Interceptor Aeroplane - Aircraft prototype,was based on the secret Lockheed A12 reconnaissance spy aeroplane.Designed by Clarence Leonard Kelly Johnson’s Skunk Works.Johnson was known as Kelly :-
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Yorkshire Traction Company was founded in 1902,this famous motorcoach and bus operator (and tram operator in it’s early days) was taken
over by the well known Stagecoach Group in 2005.The headquarters-offices-garages of Yorkshire Traction on Upper Sheffield Road,Barnsley,were
unfortunately demolished,and the site is now a housing estate
garaged and/or parked in the open at Stagecoach’s Wakefield Road depot,Barnsley.
AEC Matador O853,Cab-Worshop-Streamlined-Bodied,Crane-Equipped,4x4 Heavy Recovery Vehicle - HRV - Wrecker - Breakdown Lorry - Tow Truck.Yorkshire Traction,Barnsley.Yorkshire Traction is now part of Stagecoach.Site is now a housing estate :-
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Hornsby - Foster Mammoth Yukon Steam Road Locomotive Caterpillar Tracked Tractor was built by Hornsby of Grantham,and employed a Foster,
of Lincoln,compound steam engine as the power unit.It was built for the Northern Light Power & Coal Company,Yukon,in western Canada.
It pulled eight loaded drawbar trailers 40-miles from Dawson City to Klondyke.It did this with ease.But how long it remained in service is not
certain.It was certainly out of use by the 1930s,and the road locomotive chassis-caterpillar tracks-driver control footplate parts were found
in 1974,and this unit is now on display as part of Canada’s heritage,complete with an information plaque.The engine and boiler are still
currently missing.
Several full-sized and scale-model fully-working live steam replicas of this magnificent Hornsby - Foster Mammoth Yukon Steam Road Locomotive Caterpillar Tracked Tractor have been built.One of the scale models,complete with three replica drawbar trailers was recently for sale on
EBay UK.QV Youtube to see one of these scale-models in action :-youtube.com/watch?v=In3N54bfuhE
And Youtube for a full-size replica in action - I don’t think it’s quite as big as the original:-
youtube.com/watch?v=KlsNNfzsJDI
Hornsby - Foster Mammoth Yukon Compound 80 BHP 4-Speed Heavy Haulage Steam Road Locomotive Caterpillar Tracked Tractor,Engine No.12459. 1909.Yukon,Canada.Pulled 8 drawbar trailers -100-tons GTW.Vehicle has partly survived :-
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I count myself very fortunate that I’m very interested in all the subjects that I’m covering in this A To Z Transport Miscellaney,including
American cars
8.
Buick Y-Job Dream Car-Concept Car-Motorcar Of The Future,of 1938,conceived by the head of General Motors Corporation’s Styling Department,Harley Earl.Styled by GM’s George Snyder to see what future motorcars might look like :-
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RAF Royal Air Force Y-Service.World War Two.The Y-Service was the fascinating radio communications division,but it also did secret work
on radar,*Electronic Counter Measures,**Electronic Intelligence,signals interception,etc,etc.Fascinating!Handley Page Halifax Mk3 4-Engined Heavy Night Bomber Aeroplane.WW2.The RAF Thousand Bomber Raids were accompanied by mysterious Halifax’s of the RAF’s secret Y-Service doing *ECM & **ELINT missions
1Coincidence that this was posted. I have just taken my 93 y.o father to RAAF 462 squadron birthday party/reunion. They formed on 6th September 1942 and transferred to Driffield in East Yorkshire in 1944 with Halifax bombers. My father was an armourer with the squadron although he was with the RAF. My mother was also in RAF and seconded to the 462 and 466 squadrons and drove…trucks. Mainly Bedfords and Austins I believe, taking crews out to and back from the planes. That is where my parents met. After the war my father had his own trucking business prior to moving to Oz.
YANKS
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Yanks are back in Saddleworth Moor in 2016.
This very popular annual event was first staged 16 years ago to celebrate the local filming of the Hollywood movie “YANKS” in 1979 starring Richard Gere. Many locations in Uppermill and neighbouring Dobcross were used in the film. Just like the movie set, living history reenactors and vintage military vehicles owners recreate an atmosphere of Wartime Britain. Lots of wartime entertainment, period stalls, dancing, military vehicle parade and much, much more…! UNQUOTE. Great fun!…and this is too
Pacific M26 Armoured 6x6 Tractive Unit-Articulated Tank Transporter,followed by Diamond T 981 6x4 Diesel Road Locomotive - Drawbar Trailer Tank Transporter.Parade of Yankee-USA WW2 Historic Military Vehicles:-
0And now for the letter Z
VALKYRIE
Silverdale:
VALKYRIE:
RAF Royal Air Force Y-Service.World War Two.The Y-Service was the fascinating radio communications division,but it also did secret work
on radar,*Electronic Counter Measures,**Electronic Intelligence,signals interception,etc,etc.Fascinating!Handley Page Halifax Mk3 4-Engined Heavy Night Bomber Aeroplane.WW2.The RAF Thousand Bomber Raids were accompanied by mysterious Halifax’s of the RAF’s secret Y-Service doing *ECM & **ELINT missions
1Coincidence that this was posted. I have just taken my 93 y.o father to RAAF 462 squadron birthday party/reunion. They formed on 6th September 1942 and transferred to Driffield in East Yorkshire in 1944 with Halifax bombers. My father was an armourer with the squadron although he was with the RAF. My mother was also in RAF and seconded to the 462 and 466 squadrons and drove…trucks. Mainly Bedfords and Austins I believe, taking crews out to and back from the planes. That is where my parents met. After the war my father had his own trucking business prior to moving to Oz.
VALKYRIE
Hello Silverdale, your dad might be interested in seeing this as there is a photo of one of the buildings at Driffield at 4 mins 45 secs. This is one of my favourite You Tube clips as my dad worked on airfield construction before joining up in 1939.
mushroomman:
Silverdale:
VALKYRIE:
RAF Royal Air Force Y-Service.World War Two.The Y-Service was the fascinating radio communications division,but it also did secret work
on radar,*Electronic Counter Measures,**Electronic Intelligence,signals interception,etc,etc.Fascinating!Handley Page Halifax Mk3 4-Engined Heavy Night Bomber Aeroplane.WW2.The RAF Thousand Bomber Raids were accompanied by mysterious Halifax’s of the RAF’s secret Y-Service doing *ECM & **ELINT missions
1Coincidence that this was posted. I have just taken my 93 y.o father to RAAF 462 squadron birthday party/reunion. They formed on 6th September 1942 and transferred to Driffield in East Yorkshire in 1944 with Halifax bombers. My father was an armourer with the squadron although he was with the RAF. My mother was also in RAF and seconded to the 462 and 466 squadrons and drove…trucks. Mainly Bedfords and Austins I believe, taking crews out to and back from the planes. That is where my parents met. After the war my father had his own trucking business prior to moving to Oz.
VALKYRIE
Hello Silverdale, your dad might be interested in seeing this as there is a photo of one of the buildings at Driffield at 4 mins 45 secs. This is one of my favourite You Tube clips as my dad worked on airfield construction before joining up in 1939.
Many thanks MMM. I’ll get this to dad who enjoys anything to do with his service days or his trucking days, although long time retired and living on the Gold Coast.
Bewick:
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Maudslay1
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Two great shots there Dean ! I wonder if the Maudsley Steer ( Mustang?) factory motor was taken after AEC took them over ? and looking at the Chivers waggon and trailer I’m just wondering what weight it had on board, 22 pallets but were they 1 ton each ? and it is on pallets which would have been somewhat of an innovation in those days as “handball” was the industry norm then. And I see they look as if they have put a row of boxes down the middle of the motor which would help run off the rain, but not it appears on the trailer? My kind of outfit ! Cheers Dennis.
In the 50’s our neighbour drove for Chivers. I believe he usually drove an Atkinson and can clearly remember him making a very disparaging remark about Maudslays to his son who, like me, was just a kid at the time. One of his regular runs was to an associated factory in Montrose, the round trip from Cambridge being an entire week’s work.
At the time Chivers ran a diverse fleet, some of which were pretty ancient. As I recall, the company wasn’t known for overpaying its employees but it looked after them well in other ways.
Bewick:
DEANB:
Maudslay1
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Two great shots there Dean ! I wonder if the Maudsley Steer ( Mustang?) factory motor was taken after AEC took them over ? and looking at the Chivers waggon and trailer I’m just wondering what weight it had on board, 22 pallets but were they 1 ton each ? and it is on pallets which would have been somewhat of an innovation in those days as “handball” was the industry norm then. And I see they look as if they have put a row of boxes down the middle of the motor which would help run off the rain, but not it appears on the trailer? My kind of outfit ! Cheers Dennis.
In the 50’s our neighbour drove for Chivers. I believe he usually drove an Atkinson and can clearly remember him making a very disparaging remark about Maudslays to his son who, like me, was just a kid at the time. One of his regular runs was to an associated factory in Montrose, the round trip from Cambridge being an entire week’s work.
At the time Chivers ran a diverse fleet, some of which were pretty ancient. As I recall, the company wasn’t known for overpaying its employees but it looked after them well in other ways.