This is a Super Thanks video covering the steam traction engines of various types and also briefly talks about their diesel replacements in a railroad environment.
One of the engines pictures lives about 40 miles from me at the Longshop Steam Museum. (They were doing the assembly line process when Henry Ford was a farm hand). It was originally ordered for a gypsum mine, and was named after the combinations of the owners daughters names......... Until someone noticed it spelt Parasite, so was hastily renamed Sarapite. When the mine disposed of it, Richard Garretts of Leiston (who were the owners of the Longhop) purchased it to replace their draft horses for moving wagons around the works and to take them to the local station for collection by trains on the mainline, which is why a Aveling & Porter engine, wears a Garrett badge (the brass panther where Aveling's used the Kent coat of arms, Invicta and rampant horse). Unlike a lot of locos that were displaced by diesel locos, Sarapite was actually displaced by 2 Battery electric locos in the 1960's but remained on standby use for several years until disposed of before Garretts closed in early 1980's. The loco ended up in the ownership of Bill McAlpine (of Flying Scotsman fame), but by the early 2000's was in a traction engine dealers in Kent in a derelict condition. The museum saved the money up with lottery grants to buy the engine and restore it, but has only seen limited working on the museums 75foot (yes that short) demo line or at the Mid Suffolk Railway. Another connection the Long Shop have to railways, is in 1932, Garretts was taken over by Beyer Peacocks, who made the famous Garratt engines . When looking through old order books and catalogs, several manufacturers claimed to have made them, but I have only seen a few from Aveling. Two of the photos showed some that were "bush engineered" most likely in Australia. I can tell from the photos that they were Ransomes traction engines, made in Ipswich Suffolk. I have also seen a photo of a burrell engine done likewise (but with a bogey at the front), but I cant remember if that was Australia or New Zealand. They seemed quite popular down under until the advent of the Climax and Shay locos from the US, as they could do the jobs more with more haste and I suspect power, but quite a few traction engines seamed to have been converted in this way. A engine very similar to those steam Sappers lives in California in the Arthur Bright museum, but has been much modified over the years, but is the 3rd oldest surviving Aveling & Porter engine, having been built in 1873.
Not my biggest area of knowledge. I gave it my best shot. ;) It was fun learning something new.
One of the engines pictures lives about 40 miles from me at the Longshop Steam Museum. (They were doing the assembly line process when Henry Ford was a farm hand). It was originally ordered for a gypsum mine, and was named after the combinations of the owners daughters names......... Until someone noticed it spelt Parasite, so was hastily renamed Sarapite. When the mine disposed of it, Richard Garretts of Leiston (who were the owners of the Longhop) purchased it to replace their draft horses for moving wagons around the works and to take them to the local station for collection by trains on the mainline, which is why a Aveling & Porter engine, wears a Garrett badge (the brass panther where Aveling's used the Kent coat of arms, Invicta and rampant horse). Unlike a lot of locos that were displaced by diesel locos, Sarapite was actually displaced by 2 Battery electric locos in the 1960's but remained on standby use for several years until disposed of before Garretts closed in early 1980's. The loco ended up in the ownership of Bill McAlpine (of Flying Scotsman fame), but by the early 2000's was in a traction engine dealers in Kent in a derelict condition. The museum saved the money up with lottery grants to buy the engine and restore it, but has only seen limited working on the museums 75foot (yes that short) demo line or at the Mid Suffolk Railway. Another connection the Long Shop have to railways, is in 1932, Garretts was taken over by Beyer Peacocks, who made the famous Garratt engines .
When looking through old order books and catalogs, several manufacturers claimed to have made them, but I have only seen a few from Aveling.
Two of the photos showed some that were "bush engineered" most likely in Australia. I can tell from the photos that they were Ransomes traction engines, made in Ipswich Suffolk. I have also seen a photo of a burrell engine done likewise (but with a bogey at the front), but I cant remember if that was Australia or New Zealand. They seemed quite popular down under until the advent of the Climax and Shay locos from the US, as they could do the jobs more with more haste and I suspect power, but quite a few traction engines seamed to have been converted in this way.
A engine very similar to those steam Sappers lives in California in the Arthur Bright museum, but has been much modified over the years, but is the 3rd oldest surviving Aveling & Porter engine, having been built in 1873.
Wow! I learn something everyday here. :)
Here comes Trevor, George, Fergus and Buster Hurray !!!
Certainly not my most knowledgable subject... I tried.. LOL
I immediately thought of Fergus the traction engine from Thomas the tank engine
As did I! LOL
Thx.
Not my best simply because my knowledge wasn't the greatest on the subject..But I did the best i could