Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

[malc_step]

Hi Folks,
A few more

Cheers Malc.

[oiltreader]

kevmac47:
Something a little different Oily. 10

Cheers for the pics Kev the car behind the Moto Guzzi the NSU RO80, I remember them, away ahead at the time in design departments, body style, brake etc and with the Vankel spelt with a W(the censor zbs the correct spelling) rotary engine, a mate had one, looking at the size of the engine, you think where the hell does all the power come from, though not the best mpg.
Oily

[oiltreader]

malc step:
Hi Folks,
BIBS has asked me to put these pici’s on from his excursion to
New Zealand
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Cheers Malc.

Grand lot there malc step and many thanks to BIBS
Certainly making the TK and Loadstar max out on earnings
Oily

[oiltreader]

Wind turbine sections on trombones at Inverness Truckstop today, best angle I could get without getting out of the van and muddy feet .
Oily

[bumper]

Hi oilreader, some old some modern,bumper

[leyland600]

Hi malc step, I photographed this ERF 8 wheeler on the forcourt of a dealer alongside SH 1 at Tinwald, Ashburton in February 2007.
Cheers Leyland 600.

[bibs]

Hi L600 the. ERF must have found a buyer she was at a vintage day in the museum at Pigeon Valley Wakefield nr Nelson it had taken 2 tractors,owt new in the coaching world up in ■■■■■■■ regards Bibs

[bazztrucker]

1985

[leyland600]

Hi BIBS I know the ERF remained at Tinwald for 12 months or more after my visit. Here are some photos I took at Pigeon Valley and Wakefield again in 2007. Ah don’t think there is owt fresh gaan on up in ■■■■■■■ to my knowledge just noo !!!
Cheers, Leyland 600.

[retired_old_fart]

I like the steel-tyred Octopus. Reckon even Bewick wouldn’t fancy too many trips on that!

[leyland600]

Hi ROF, I would like to know more of this Leylands history it certainly took my eye that day at Pidgeon Valley however there was no one about to ask. You have given it a an apt description !!!
Cheers, Leyland 600

[retired_old_fart]

I notice the diff. under the front end and what appears to be another under the rear. Could this be an 8X8 Octopus? You can just imagine Bewick & Possy thundering through Crewe en route to the smoke!

[leyland600]

Hi ROF What ? thundering to the smoke on the West Coast Main Line !! Cheers Leyland 600

[john_west]

Retired Old ■■■■:
I like the steel-tyred Octopus. Reckon even Bewick wouldn’t fancy too many trips on that!

Oh, I don’t know - he likes his horses. An iron one would complete the fleet!
Anon

[oiltreader]

Thanks to bumper, Leyland 600 and bazztrucker for the pics

Hi Leyland 600, having looked through this index trainweb.org/loggingz/tractors.html
I think this might be your Leyland powered rail wagon here, scroll down and find a pic of it in original working trim
trainweb.org/loggingz/dispatch.html
Cheers
Oily

[bewick]

Retired Old ■■■■:
I notice the diff. under the front end and what appears to be another under the rear. Could this be an 8X8 Octopus? You can just imagine Bewick & Possy thundering through Crewe en route to the smoke!

Not much creature comfort being mate on that motor “ROF” !! How could I “get my head down” on there ? If I nodded off I might fall off onto the hard shoulder And I guess that would have been somewhere near Stewartby on the M1 when I get a whiff of the Brick works Cheers Dennis.

[bazztrucker]

taken at a show lorry was bennets had a drawbar with two more fendts on.

[kevmac47]

Bewick:

Retired Old ■■■■:
I notice the diff. under the front end and what appears to be another under the rear. Could this be an 8X8 Octopus? You can just imagine Bewick & Possy thundering through Crewe en route to the smoke!

Not much creature comfort being mate on that motor “ROF” !! How could I “get my head down” on there ? If I nodded off I might fall off onto the hard shoulder And I guess that would have been somewhere near Stewartby on the M1 when I get a whiff of the Brick works Cheers Dennis.

Stewartby,that’s a blast from the past Dennis, we regularly loaded out of there for Heysham power station in the seventies. The bricks were barrowed on in single slices, most of the crew were Poles, they were bloody quick!!! Each could load at least three to my one. We would park in the layby up the road overnight, and get hammered in the pub.(Horse and Jockey■■?)
When we got to Heysham they had a framework with hooks to hang the strapping wires of the bricks, the crane would lift about 8 slices at a time, it was a H&S man’s dream Regards Kev.

[lawrence_dunbar]

Hi Kev, Your right Stewatbey bricks, Baxters started to haul them when Bob Kinghorn took over, We used to collect the bricks which were nearly all hand ball in those days for John T Bell Ltd wich in later years became Bellways who in fact are still going, We used to deliver to Chapel Park Estate Westerhope, The G/F Was a bloke called Matty Smails & he put every one on to offload them he was a great bloke to know, We also used to do some to the Pill factory at Morpeth wich was Brims site another good tip plenty off lads to help out, The good old days, Regards Larry.

[oiltreader]

Thanks to bazztrucker for the pic

A Pickfords oldie, not quite the original purpose I guess.
Oily