I wish I’d a shilling for everytime I’d been across the Tinsley Viaduct. Hell, I’m old enough to remember it being contructed
Some grand motors there, the Foden (B100 SUM) at the back end of my ‘career’ I had one, a 3 axle, double drive, 350 Cummins, 9 speed Fuller. It was a great motor, I did a lot of miles with it. Tri axle trailer running gas oil dye to most/all the UK refineries. The Foden was the one that I had the embarrassing incident with trying to get it off the ferry at Stranrar, (treadle style brake pedal seized on the pivot,…whoops, pass the WD40)
Bradys sheets were always a bit scabby on the trailers and one looks about as good as it got. However we had decent gear on the Octopus and trailer because they were a fixture and not robbed from trailer to trailer ! By the looks of that Comet I think it was coming to the end of it’s road going life on the fleet it’s a bit rough to say the least.
I can tell you “ramone” that it was a load of British Cellophane ,in cardboard tubes, from the Sandscale works of BCL in Barrow. Now long gone and demolished ! It was probably loaded and roped and sheeted by Bradys BCL shunter John Cornthwaite.
I know, I was taking the mickey slightly. The old DAFfodil (33, 44, 55 etc.) were pedestrian but very fit for purpose, what with a CVT transmission (of DAF design I believe) and all.
