Welcome to my (mainly) non-transport gallery.
This varied selection of images reflects a general interest in photography that waned some years ago but all my negatives and slides have been retained.
One wishes that others would take seemingly redundant collections as seriously but, sadly, that is often not the case. My personal interest is in archive negatives and colour slides depicting road (pre-1955) and rail (pre-1964) transport subjects. So, if you have such material that is no longer of interest to you or you've been the beneficiary of a will please don't send it to the council tip  - as the house clearers do -  but first consider contacting me via the 'Leave a message' box or the 'Comments' buttons.
Heritage on wheels
17th June 2007
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An ad hoc selection of road and farm vehicles in the preservation era. These include cars, traction engines, road rollers, showman's engines and ploughing engines plus a great deal of supporting data supplied by Perter Smart.
Austin 7 but further details not known as yet.
Austin 7 but further details not known as yet.
Fowler No. 13880, clas AA ploughing engine new in 1917. Licence plate NO371.
Fowler No. 13880, clas AA ploughing engine new in 1917. Licence plate NO371.
Aveling & Porter piston valve compound road roller  no 10059 which was new in 1921. Licence plate R7464.
Aveling & Porter piston valve compound road roller  no 10059 which was new in 1921. Licence plate R7464.
Fowler class DNB compound roller number 17501 which was new in1930. Licence plate SY3413.
Fowler class DNB compound roller number 17501 which was new in1930. Licence plate SY3413.
Sentinel steam lorry of type DG4 No 8571 built in 1931. Licence plate KF6482.
Sentinel steam lorry of type DG4 No 8571 built in 1931. Licence plate KF6482.
Burrell traction engine no. 3068 new in 1909. A 7nhp single cylinder named <i>Victory</i>. Licence plate AH5978.
Burrell traction engine no. 3068 new in 1909. A 7nhp single cylinder named Victory. Licence plate AH5978.
Burrell  6nhp single crank compound traction engine built in 1909. Licence plate BJ7155.
Burrell  6nhp single crank compound traction engine built in 1909. Licence plate BJ7155.
Foster number 14593 of 1927, an 8nhp single cylinder traction engine named <i>Fiery Elias</i>. Licence plate FE9179.
Foster number 14593 of 1927, an 8nhp single cylinder traction engine named Fiery Elias. Licence plate FE9179.
This is a Clayton & Shuttleworth single cylinder traction engine but its identity is unknown.
This is a Clayton & Shuttleworth single cylinder traction engine but its identity is unknown.
Foster 8nhp traction engine works number 14625 sold in 1931. Licence plate VL3465.
Foster 8nhp traction engine works number 14625 sold in 1931. Licence plate VL3465.
With zero personal knowledge of the genre I'm grateful for all supporting data which, in this cae, has been provided by Michael Walters:<p><i>"Fowler wagon no 19708 registration no. UB8660 was built as a gully emptier and was purchased new by the City of Leeds Cleansing Department.  When it was disposed of it went to Robinson and Birdsell's scrapyard in Leeds where it lay in a pile of scrap but almost complete.  It was cut up before it was rescued and the parts were purchased by Tom Varley, who rebuilt it and had it running by 1971.  Fowler wagons are unusual in having a compound V-twin engine which is arranged with the high pressure cylinder under the driver's seat and low pressure cylinder under the mate's seat.  The gear box provides three speeds and the drive to the rear wheels is by prop-shaft and a worm driven differential gear.  The boiler was of the vertical fire tube type, a type that had been abandoned by most wagon manufacturers due to its poor performance compared to the water tube boilers that were being used."</i><br>
With zero personal knowledge of the genre I'm grateful for all supporting data which, in this cae, has been provided by Michael Walters:

"Fowler wagon no 19708 registration no. UB8660 was built as a gully emptier and was purchased new by the City of Leeds Cleansing Department. When it was disposed of it went to Robinson and Birdsell's scrapyard in Leeds where it lay in a pile of scrap but almost complete. It was cut up before it was rescued and the parts were purchased by Tom Varley, who rebuilt it and had it running by 1971. Fowler wagons are unusual in having a compound V-twin engine which is arranged with the high pressure cylinder under the driver's seat and low pressure cylinder under the mate's seat. The gear box provides three speeds and the drive to the rear wheels is by prop-shaft and a worm driven differential gear. The boiler was of the vertical fire tube type, a type that had been abandoned by most wagon manufacturers due to its poor performance compared to the water tube boilers that were being used."