Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

[daibootsy]

L.Gardner

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daibootsy:
L.Gardner

My great aunt was personal secretary the Gardner Hughie i think , I don,t know if this is well know but when he bought a brand new Jag in the 50/60s I, not sure of the years , they took it straight into the garage took the Jag engine out and fitted a Gardner engine in the when the cars was sold years later put the Jag engine back . My Great Aunt only ever worked for Gardner and when see retired as I said was one of the Gardners personal secretary. She lived on Peel green rD which was only walking distance from the factory

[valkyrie]

Lawrence Dunbar:
0A pioneer to the heavy haulage Cos who ran the likes of these traction engines, Regards Larry, Photo with the courtesy of David Lowdon.

Heavy Haulage Road Locomotives.

Fowler B6 Super Lion C,3, 10 NHP Heavy Haulage Road Locomotive - Crane Engine,No.17106,KD 2826,DUKE OF YORK,July 1928,Marstons Road Services,Liverpool.

oiltreader:
Some more of early haulage drawbar wagons thanks to John Burke and tudedude.
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1st photograph:-
Fowler A9 C 7NHP Heavy Haulage Road Locomotive,No.15649,CT 3940,PROVIDENCE,1920,B.M.Stafford
and Sons,Houghton Le Spring,Co Durham:-

2nd photograph:-
Fowler B6 Super Lion C,3, 10 NHP Heavy Haulage Road Locomotive - Crane Engine,No.17212,RF 6092,
WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERER,June 1929,C.L.Crane,Wolverhampton:-

3rd photograph:-
McLaren C 8NHP Heavy Haulage Road Locomotive,No.1181,BF 4595,KING HARRY,1912,Heavy Haulage,
South West Division:Truro:274:-

C means compound low pressure cylinder and high pressure cylinder steam engine.
NHP means Nominal Horsepower.

VALKYRIE

[oiltreader]

Cheers for the info VALKYRIE, you’re well genned up, sadly I am old enough to have seen those machines and their like actually working, so here’s a picture and a question to all, why is the driving belt crossed, there can be two reasons for this,… “Googling” is out of bounds
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[oiltreader]

daibootsy:
L.Gardner

Cheers Dai, his first venture into engineering was actually making sewing machines, so attention to precision would have been the order of the day and proved with his diesel engine.
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Peterbilt in New Zealand with grateful thanks to Trev Jones.
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Trucking in Mongolia, a ZIL130 wagon and drag with choice of highways, depending on weather conditions, also a reasonable roping and sheeting job with the tackle available.
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[oiltreader]

From different parts of the uk but all snapped in the Chepstow area thanks to Mark Hobbs.
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ERF in Plymouth thanks to didbygraham.
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Alan Bartlett and Sons of Chatteris, Cambs MAN in Inverness and Andrew Black of Drem, Nth Berwick Iveco in Dingwall.
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[cattle_wagon_man]

Two names here, - Commer and Vaux Breweries , - sadly no longer in business.
Just prior to taking this photograph , the Commers engine had been running , - as a reminder of the olden days` for the gathering of the older drivers who were wallowing in nostalga.

Kirkby Stephen Rally , Easter 2013.

Cheers, cattle wagon man.

[lawrence_dunbar]

cattle wagon man:
Two names here, - Commer and Vaux Breweries , - sadly no longer in business.
Just prior to taking this photograph , the Commers engine had been running , - as a reminder of the olden days` for the gathering of the older drivers who were wallowing in nostalga.

Kirkby Stephen Rally , Easter 2013.

Cheers, cattle wagon man.

Supplied by the Minories Garage no doubt going of the Newcastle Reg, Who were the Commer Rootes dealers in those days, Regards Larry.

[lawrence_dunbar]

Any ideas as to what make this 1939/40 Tipper is The letters read VT & Co, This was taken at Beamish a few days ago, Photo with the courtesy of David Lowdon, Regards Larry, PS Its a Bristol Reg.

[cattle_wagon_man]

Lawrence Dunbar:

cattle wagon man:
Two names here, - Commer and Vaux Breweries , - sadly no longer in business.
Just prior to taking this photograph , the Commers engine had been running , - as a reminder of the olden days` for the gathering of the older drivers who were wallowing in nostalga.

Kirkby Stephen Rally , Easter 2013.

Cheers, cattle wagon man.

Supplied by the Minories Garage no doubt going of the Newcastle Reg, Who were the Commer Rootes dealers in those days, Regards Larry.

With a BB reg. no. , that made it a Newcastle - upon - Tyne certainity .
Thanks for the additional info, Larry.

Cheers , cattle wagon man.

[retired_old_fart]

How’s about this one, CWM?

[lawrence_dunbar]

Beamish Rally, Photo with the courtesy of David Lowdon Regards Larry.

[retired_old_fart]

OK Larry, I know a steam crane trumps an ERF cattle wagon any day!

[erfguy]

That THINGY with the Air Con cab and very latest ARMSTRONG tipping gear is a genuine BITSA circa 40’s. Eddie.

[oiltreader]

Cheers for the pics chaps cwm, RoF and LD
sticking with ERF and livestock and with grateful thanks to Ronnie Cameron, the H D Fraser ERF new and working.
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