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Originally Posted by The Rust Restorer (Post 32290)

The first picture is of my son Joe Millington on his Fordson tractor puller placing Richard Hesbrook's engine in the line up. He thoroughly enjoyed himself towing the engines around and towing the loaded lowloaders in and out all week end. The heavyest I think were Len Crane's crane engine and Rob Henderson's BB1 ploughing engine on its low loader.
It would be great to see some more pictures of him towing as I was busy coupling him up and watching the public wern't in the way.
Cheers Robert

I too saw you loading a wagon at the end of the day, but again I was in the car driving past, so couldn't really get your attention!

Cheers

Dave

This may just cost me a pint, bacon butty, pork bap,or a full english.

http://www.steamscenes.org.uk/ttu/00004377.jpg

Mr BF was on rescue duty with his tractor

If that was mr swains tractor mr B F might have to share the bacon butty;)

And someone else got stuck too...but I don't think the camera evidence is available here...phew!

I think it was on the old site that there was a discussion of vehicle registration/number plates where it was concluded that road rollers and agricultural machines only required a rear plate, but could alternatively carry plates "on both sides of the vehicle...". I said that I had never seen the latter, but at Onslow Park there was a tractor with the number plates on both sides. I wish now that I had taken a photograph of it.
Barry.

Smashing pictures Glen, why would anyone need to go to rallies that you go to? lol

That K and J Watkins Fowler roller would look good as a road loco I think though.

Some nice engines there which I have never seen before.

Thanks Glen,

Sam.

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Originally Posted by Fowlers are the best (Post 34964)

I second that, they are fantastic pictures, thanks.

I was just thinking the same thing when I saw that roller in the pics - it looks far too original and "rollerish"! Maybe the two guys talking to the driver are negotiating a price with a view to buying and making a nice, dumpy looking, too tall, too short, completely wrong Showmans engine!!!

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Originally Posted by Pandoras Firebox (Post 34998)

'Bonnie' has never been anything but a very fine roller, a D2.

for info here is a very similar engine, but this time sold as a 'convertable' by Fowlers with both sets of parts. I gather the convertables had some extra diameter in the bores, and the order books in MERL at Reading bear this out. She would be identical to Bonnie in roller form.

http://www.steamscenes.org.uk/pictur...e/HPIM3908.JPG

Front end is correct, i.e the bits that matter were supplied with this engine. The rear wheels are 'home made'. Certainly is dumpy!

Bonnie is a lovely roller with loads of local history, can never imagine it if it ever got messed around with, I am sure it would never happen.

Certainly is dumpy!

What are we talking about The engine or one of its previous owners??;)

http://www.steamscenes.org.uk/ttu/00004451.jpg