whisperingsmith:
In service hauling to Aqaba - I was on the run from 1974
Interesting place, Aqaba. I remember scrambling about in the ruins of the ancient 7th Cent Islamic city of Ayla tucked away in the suburbs.
Sorry, I know five tenths of sweet fanny adams about ERF, but I came across the below information and thought you fellows would find it of interest.
If I’ve planted this in the wrong thread, could a Mod please relocate.
Star down under.:
Sorry, I know five tenths of sweet fanny adams about ERF, but I came across the below information and thought you fellows would find it of interest.
If I’ve planted this in the wrong thread, could a Mod please relocate.
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Spot on Star-down-under! This is the exact thread and these are a great set of spec sheets. Thanks for posting 
ERF-NGC-European:
Star down under.:
Sorry, I know five tenths of sweet fanny adams about ERF, but I came across the below information and thought you fellows would find it of interest.
If I’ve planted this in the wrong thread, could a Mod please relocate.
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0Spot on Star-down-under! This is the exact thread and these are a great set of spec sheets. Thanks for posting
You’re most welcome, but its location was pure arse. 
Excellent stuff! That last pic shows an ERF with an MV cab BTW.
Here’s a rather fetching pic Buzzer put on another thread this morning:
From the Keighley and worth valley railway fb page, shows trains being saved from scrap and transported in 1975.
Steve
Great pics Steve 
. If you click on them to expand, you get a real sense of the atmosphere on that day!
^^^^^^^a great contribution, Star down under: thank you!
youtube.com/watch?v=TJol21y_frk
forward to 10.08 sounds sweet.
I’ve been doing some sorting and tidying. Just thought I’d bring together the data we have concerning the 50 ERF 4MW 66R220 units exported to Jordan in 1969 as follows:
ERF 66R220 4MW LHD 6x4 unit
Info taken from several ERF reference books, magazine articles, newspaper cuttings and online sites.
Batch of 50 ERFs of this description ordered in 1968 and delivered during 1969 to Jordan Phosphate Mines Co. to run at 48 tons gross around the clock for six days a week.
Engine : Rolls Royce natural aspirated Eagle 220 bhp, downrated to 205.
Gearbox : Fuller RT0 915 (Dai Davies gives RT 14609 under a caption in his book, but I don’t think the 14609 came out for another 20 years!)
Rear axles : Kirkstall B480
Cab : Motor Panels 4MW sleeper, special insulated, dust-proofed and prepared for Middle-East conditions.
Brakes : Air ‘Fail-safe’ spring brakes.
One unit was displayed at the 1968 Earls Court motor show.
To cut costs, the 50 units were registered in UK (PDD 173 to 199G, & PDD 201 to 223G) and delivered overland by a mixture of ERF and contract drivers. Shipping out via Southampton-Le Havre, they crossed France, Italy, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Turkey and Syria to reach Jordan in all weathers. Drivers were impressed with their performance over the Alps. The overall journeys took 14 days.
Once in service the ERFs encountered few problems and received full ERF and Rolls Royce back-up. Front cab mountings were modified after initial niggles. Engine flywheels coming adrift were attributed to misuse (over-revving) on long descents. ERF field engineer Bill Fitzsimons oversaw the deliveries and support.
According to ERF archives, the 4MW cab was supplied from 1969 until 1974.
I remember seeing them in Jordan - on Phosphates IIRC - never saw one broken down
That’s heartening to know! I like to think of the three generations of Middle-East spec ERFs (these 66R220s, the LHD B-series and the LHD C-series 6x4s) as the rugged, well-engineered trucks that they appeared to be. I did love the superb handling characteristics of that generation of ERFs.