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Old 20th March 2019, 02:47 PM
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The photos below were taken on Saturday 16th March at the Severn Valley Railway in Kidderminster. The RLS were holding their winter meeting at Kidderminster Railway Museum. The collection is displayed in a GWR built warehouse, dating back to 1878 - and a very impressive building it is.

Parked on the station forecourt was this rather nice Tasker steam tractor, together with a Dennis fire engine. I do not know anything about the Tasker, number, year built etc. but it was a very nice engine indeed. It is one of the gear driven examples of the Tasker 5 ton tractor. The rear wheel T rings are fabricated and a weld can be seen where the two pieces of metal are joined. I really like the green colour in which it is painted; is this a standard colour scheme used by Tasker's?

It was a good day out but spoiled by bad weather - patchy drizzle on the way and heavy rain on the return journey. There were two speakers at the meeting but unfortunately I wasn't able to hear the presentation in full from each - my need for medication takes priority and I left the room to sort this out. It was good to meet other engine people though and that alone made it worth making the effort to go.

Mid-afternoon, one of the railway locos decided to have a bit of a wobbly and split the points just outside the station. The fear was that whether it went forwards or backwards it would come off the rails. I thought about talking to a few of the onlookers and saying something along the lines of "...you don't get this trouble with road steam..." but thought perhaps not! In reality, the episode was quickly dealt with and the trains continued running.

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Old 20th March 2019, 03:36 PM
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The rear wheel rims look fabricated, or is just the photo/shadow?

Cheers Carl.
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Old 20th March 2019, 04:40 PM
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I believe the Tasker is No.1592 which is/was owned by Malcolm Randall of Andover.
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Old 20th March 2019, 05:09 PM
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The wheels were fabricated by the Midland Rolling Co.
The engine was owned by Dr Williams of Cleobury Mortimer for many years along with the Fowler Maid of Cefn Ydfa
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Old 21st March 2019, 12:30 PM
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Right registration etc fro Tasker 1592.

For some years it carried the name "Pride of the Anna Valley" on the smokebox door.

I last saw it in 2016, has it changed hands?
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