any british steel photos out there. i will start with this f12volvo ballast tractor-alan
One from Orb works Newport.
revman:
brilliant photo revman, any info on what it was used for, and any other photos of it please?
on internal work only i think
The F12 ballast tractor was on internal work pulling solid tyred trailers between departments.
Nice shot of the F12. The first thing that struck me was the ballast body - it looks very similar to the ones on the old Parkgate Iron & Steel Company ERF “Sabrina” 100 tonners. Could they have been transferred from one to the other when the ERFs were replaced? The Volvo is lettered for Rotherham, so it’s a possibility.
I’m sure i remember seeing that F12, many years ago at the huge Templeborough site in Rotherham.
Jerry
fodenway:
Nice shot of the F12. The first thing that struck me was the ballast body - it looks very similar to the ones on the old Parkgate Iron & Steel Company ERF “Sabrina” 100 tonners. Could they have been transferred from one to the other when the ERFs were replaced? The Volvo is lettered for Rotherham, so it’s a possibility.
hi everybody superb marathon photo it must be one of the last reg.i know swains had some x reg.will try & put some more rotherham marathons on.re the volvof12 plenty more photos to come & spot on re the ballast box they were recycled from the sabrinas via guy big js-first tractors were a couple of scammels then the sabrinas then big js (■■■■■■■ sorry bewick)then first of the volvos (photo)all of which my dad drove & he took some photos. i started in 1970 till 2001&started on the external fleet then on the billet tractor volvos with volvo torque converters fleet nos 118-121 then second generation volvos with zfgearbox & torque converter fleet nos122 123 124 then finaly when volvo could not supply torque converter it came full circle back to erf ■■■■■■■ &zf
erf sabrina ballast tractor(a peter davies photo from his excellant erf book -one of 5 fleetnos 106-110 rolls royce powered------alan
one of 2 scammel box tractors fleet no51-52 running billets from parkgate to 11inch mill & works inspection on broad st i used to mate on these when they whent on public rds also one i forgot about a ex consett iron aec box tractor refurbed by coxons of anfield plain co durham-alan (a kieth hudson print)
sabrina with two hot ingot crane trs 200ton train wt. running between parkgate & aldwarke site alan
first rotherham wks marathon mk1 pwg977r 
mk2 marathon vwg573s with day cab f10 volvo on demo from hallam comercials -alan
revman:
Great shot of the ERF at work - were those trailers on solid tyres?
revman, if you have any photos of the volvos with a billet trailer i’d be very grateful (i feel a new model coming on!)
how eagle-eyed are you fodenway? well spotted with where the ballast box came from 
always amused me where those curvy ERFs got their nickname 
hi fodenway yes the crane tr are on solids & they are stil used now converted to flat tr.for moving scrap blooms nearly 50 yrs later circa 1963 i still have a commercial moter ad with them featured will try to post it later.hi jj i have stacks of photos volvo scammel sabrina erf _(see erf beuties on photo thread)-alan
f12volvo & maffi billet tr-alan
bsc rotherham wks external fleet scammel-guy marathon -roadtrain
now in corus livery