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Old 27th June 2017, 12:03 AM
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It was either The Dalesman or the Z7
The Dalesman heading East from the 2014 NTET road run at Old Warden.



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Old 27th June 2017, 06:26 AM
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I have quite a long association with The Dalesman, the little lad in this photo is me and I just turned 61, the photo was taken on one of our visits to see John Crowther and his collection at Long Preston, and he took us out for a spin.
Little did I know then that one day we would come own this superb engine for a few years.



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Old 27th June 2017, 06:54 AM
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I used to crew on Fowler 11111 when owned by Geoff Mathews and watching the flywheel on that whilst pulling hard up Watford Gap in Dorset was frightening.
Geoff seemed to get more enthusiastic the more it wobbled - a kind of visual 'power meter'.

Cheers Carl.
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Old 27th June 2017, 07:38 AM
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Regarding The Dalesman, does anyone have any pre-preservation photos of it they are willing to post? I'm thinking of the days when it worked for a living and also, possibly, standing out of use. I don't know the history of the engine - I'm assuming it did actually stand unused for a time in a yard somewhere...?

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Old 27th June 2017, 09:41 AM
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It was Hentons engine at Hopwas, shared a shed with Conqueror, Rajah, Nero and a Marshall. It pretty much went straight into preservation in Staffs from work.
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Old 27th June 2017, 11:57 AM
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Regarding The Dalesman, does anyone have any pre-preservation photos of it they are willing to post? I'm thinking of the days when it worked for a living and also, possibly, standing out of use. I don't know the history of the engine - I'm assuming it did actually stand unused for a time in a yard somewhere...?

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I think these have been on here before, I copied them from somewhere on the internet a while ago and I apologise if they belong to someone else.





This is one of it stood in our yard in the late 70's



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Old 27th June 2017, 12:26 PM
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Phil - thanks for posting the pictures; the Henton's yard must have been somewhere special to visit back then.

I have always had a soft spot for The Dalesman, it is a wonderful looking engine. It looks good from every angle and is so well proportioned – the scope to feature it in drawings has been many and varied; as a road loco on haulage or with a threshing machine.

Below is a pencil drawing that I actually started many years ago and re-worked more recently – to see if it could work as a bigger and more involved drawing. The subject is indeed The Dalesman and after reading the post from Hedd, it is more correct than I thought - I assume it was used for threshing.





The picture would need more figures in it to truthfully represent a threshing machine at work and a few hens would also bring it to life. I do not know if I will pursue it as an idea as I have some good references of a Fowler agricultural with a threshing drum. An agricultural engine is more appropriate and if I am not careful all of these drawings are going to be of road locomotives.

I have a rough drawing which has a couple of engines winching a bridge girder in to place. This rough also has The Dalesman in it as one of the engines. It is an idea I very much want to develop but it would be another extremely difficult picture to pull off.


The drawing I have posted here is on a size A4 piece of paper which is why it is of a much freer style when compared to my drawing of the Duke of York. My drawing of the big Fowler is on size A1 card. Creating my artwork in different sizes is a way to ensure there is some level of variation within my style of working.

I hope members of T-T enjoy my drawing of “The Dalesman”.

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Old 27th June 2017, 03:06 PM
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Put me down for a copy when you get to that stage please.

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I have some pics of the Dalesman at Masham July 1975 at the prize giving.
taken by some of my friends from Harrogate College.
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I first saw it at a Wilsic Hall rally in the mid 60's, probably 1963 of '64. Lookes just a stunning then as it still does.
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