Porcy Mane Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Everything from the Airfix JCB to the British Railways hedge trimmer with not a hint of Health & Safety in sight. The Ankle Slicer (mechanised scythe) looks interesting. The Station site is now the inevitable small industrial state and shopping centre but some of the railway housing still exists. http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-plant-display-ponteland-june-1961-1961/ Apologies if posted before. Porcy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted July 21, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2016 Marvellous, thanks for posting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Some lovely stuff there. Are those Grampus wagons in Gulf Red, I wonder? Some of the kit is still recognisable today, such as the rail saw, but some was obviously an evolutionary dead end, such as the truck-mounted hydraulic excavator. Thanks for posting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthnut Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 What a treasure trove of machinery! I do love the fact that this was a public thing too with kids roaming about. How I would have loved that as a child! Thanks for the link. TTFN, Ben Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 Stashed somewhere, I've got the official BR booklet/programme that catalogued all of the exhibits. This Scan from ages ago shows the Viaduct Inspection Unit (nicknamed locally the "gazunder"[Goes Under]) For some reason it wasn't shown in the film. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axlebox Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Everything from the Airfix JCB to the British Railways hedge trimmer with not a hint of Health & Safety in sight. The Ankle Slicer (mechanised scythe) looks interesting. The Station site is now the inevitable small industrial state and shopping centre but some of the railway housing still exists. http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-plant-display-ponteland-june-1961-1961/ Apologies if posted before. Porcy ...was this the time they took the gazunder up to Hownes Gill to demonstrate? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 I'd forgot all about that film. I dunno. Seems like it was being kept busy most weekends. I've never found out where it's permanent home was. maybe it was kept at York with the new tunnel inspection train? P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 That's quite a show not an orange suit ,hard helmet ,barriers,and some very interesting kit the lorry mounted crane looks WW11 vintage agree about ankle slasher what an evil thing.Liked Fred and Harry making holes but when the weed killer switched on the side jets looked like he sprayed the stairs so nice and slippery ! How many of you went to this event would like to see your thoughts? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 The cranes are mid/late 1950s, possibly early 1960s, types; the bigger one is a Jones KL10 (the Royal Engineers had similar ones on AEC Militant chassis), whilst the small, almost toy-like, one is a Hydrocon Highlander, which continued in production into the late 1960s. After that, Hydrocon stopped using a bespoke cab, and bought in cabs and chassis from Albion, Foden, etc. Odd that they didn't have any of the Coles Cranes, given they were built down the road in Makkem-land. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26power Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Thanks for posting. I wonder when yellow was first used for civil engineering plant? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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