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Time well spent some pictures would be nice.

Jeremy

Although I don't know what this pipe looks like, I would imagine that you could get a new end soldered on if it was leaking on the end, if the pipe has holed I can't see why you could not but some and make one yourself, or again a good soldered repair.

Jeremy

Whitlock 505 wrote:Thanks Jeremy hope all is well with your collection
Ian

Yes Ian, the weather has been the main issue for me, but I do want to get some more work done on my machines.

Jeremy

Hi Andy nice loader, I would take the old belts off and measure them and have a loook see if there is a local belts, bearings, drives supplier, even an internet one, cheaper than OEM.

Jeremy

Hi Ian, no problem good luck with it.

Jeremy

XS650 wrote:Never noticed banana arms , new to me also.
The Foden it is loading is a very short 6 wheeler.

Possibly the way the spare wheel is carried makes t appear short?

Jeremy

Did they ' engineer Wolverhamptons future'. I worked on a construction site in Wolverhampton centre in 1988 tbh it was pretty grim at that time . They owned quite a few different industries around the country including NEI Thompson Tankers which used to be at Moxley just down the road from Wolverha...

Billy26F5 wrote:The horns are up on top so I vote for a late Type 3, never seen a Type 4 with the horns there (not even the late ones), and anyway they would have been less likely to be in a yard like that.
Sandy

You win the bigger anorak award

Jeremy

Let me just slip on an anorak... Yes, it's an EE type 3, in green would have been a D6xxx number and later on Class 37xxx. :think: Ahem, anyhow, Is there a story to the D tipper? At a glance I'd say from the first photo it ran down the slope on the left backwards and through the wall. Can't really ...

hair bear wrote:Is it my imagination - or is the crawler in the train yard painted in 'coaching stock' crimson and cream?

Yes it is indeed, I think railway people referred to it as "blood and custard"

Jeremy