Museum of Lincolnshire Life, Lincoln 2-5-2010

[BulldozerD11]

Good to see the Tuxford progressing,

But a shame about the Ruston Proctor steam shovel (in the background photo 2) being allowed to deteriorate steadily. Was it not in working order when donated after being restored by Ruston apprentices and others IRC.

[MuseumDriver]

The Ruston steam navvy is the sole property of Ray Hooley and so the Museum will not spend their money on it and rightly so.I believe it is under negociation to go elsewhere eventually as it is an embarrasment to the Museum.

[BulldozerD11]

Originally Posted by MuseumDriver

The Ruston steam navvy is the sole property of Ray Hooley and so the Museum will not spend their money on it and rightly so.I believe it is under negociation to go elsewhere eventually as it is an embarrasment to the Museum.

Sorry I Didnt realise it was only on 'loan' to the museum, Id got the impression it had been donated from an article some time ago.

IIRC Ray had a section on its rescue from a flooded pit on his engines web site as well.

I must come across and get some new photos at the museum as the ones i took a few years ago on an open day have gone awol & I wanted to add an exhibit list to its page on tractor wiki & to wikipedia's rather short article.