Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

[leyland600]

Thats Oirish whusky on the back of the Atki Buzzer.

[leyland600]

Hi Coca Cola Kid, You have some good shots of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board floating crane “Sampson” built by Cowans Sheldon & Co Carlisle where I served my apprenticeship. I remember being on Albert Dock at Liverpool about 1978 to pick up a load of bulk ■■■■ seed when one of the guys in the shed leased to Bibbys called me over and took me up to the outer dock wall where he pointed out an Irish owned Scania artic which had gone over the evening before. The driver from Carlisle had gone roaring up the alleyway towards the dock wall and braked on the wet granite sets coated with ■■■■ meal and immediately went straight on instead of turning left on the way out. The result being the whole outfit dived into the Mersey loaded with 20 tons or so of ■■■■ meal, however that next morning all that remained some 500 yards furher down the river was a Scania with no windscreen and an empty trailer. I believe the unit was only a few months old. Ouch !!!

Cheers Leyland 600.

[leyland_680]

Hi Leyland 600 mentioning Cowans& Sheldon & Co Carlisle This photo is of one of there last crains they made I am led to be leave it was shipped out through Barrow Docks This is it on Barrow Docks

[buzzer]

Oily one from your neck of the woods, cheers Buzzer.

[oiltreader]

Buzzer:
Oily one from your neck of the woods, cheers Buzzer.

Cheers for the pics Buzzer : , Cormack of Castletown, Caithness, 105 miles north of me, connections up there so visit once or twice a year.
Some nearer to my locale.
Oily

[oiltreader]

Hi Leyland 680, cheers for the pic a fair few axles there.
some more heavies.
Oily

[buzzer]

A couple of Dodges tonight, cheers Buzzer.

[leyland600]

Hi Buzzer, Cormack’s Orkney based shunter is a good friend of mine with whom when on holiday in Orkney I occasionally get a wee hurl as a passenger through the Orkney Mainland in a modern DAF delivering sheep from Lairg auction mart, this renewed my acquaintance with livestock haulage when I was driving an LAD cabbed Albion Clydesdale way back in 1962.
Cheers Leyland 600

[andrew_morrison]

oiltreader:
Ford Cargo in Brazil, thanks to Mateus.
Oily

Hi all
seeing these reminded me of one i see in France about 18 months ago,its owned & run by Fords in Dagenham they have a couple i think? there built in Turkey where they are very popular,have also seen a few over here & abroad on my travels all Turkish reg. apart from this one??

cheers Andrew

[andrew_morrison]

nice driving position??

[erfguy]

This should keep the N East boys happy, I ambushed these two this morning in Sanquhar. Eddie.

[buzzer]

One for ERF guy cheers Buzzer.

[oiltreader]

Thanks to Buzzer, Leyland600,Andrew Morrison and erfguy for the pics thread seems a bit off focus size wise at present, thinking it was my machine, but probably something else, anyway thanks to Steph Gillet, one to be going on with.
Oily

[erfguy]

Thanks Buzzer I do like ERFs ach to be honest I like them all old or new. Eddie.

[coca_cola_kid]

M1 Southbound J35 - J34

Spooky or what

[coca_cola_kid]

This is the picture i took, the picture above i have no idea where it came from.

[coca_cola_kid]

More from the same place M1 J35 - J34 south bound

[buzzer]

One from the west country, not too many on these threads below Exeter. Have they got internet down there yet ? Buzzer.

[retired_old_fart]

Of course they have. It’s just that their Calor gas powered computers aren’t compatible with our modern electronic machines.

[buzzer]

Don’t know what make or model but a removal outfit from way back when, cheers Buzzer.