Coming nicely to letter S
Sacks of flour, 200 of them for 12.5 tons, these were 140 lbs each (1.25 cwt)
Sentinel - from steam to Diesel
TruckNetUK.Old Time Lorries.A To Z Transport Miscellaney.Road-Rail Vehicles.Road Locomotive.Scammell.VALKYRIE.Wednesday,23rd August,2017.
Thanks Mushroomman for your information 
This is from the thesmjr.ning.com/page/the-rorailer The Stratford Upon Avon And Midland Railway Junction - The SMJ Society website:-
Ever keen to steal a march on the competitors, namely the G.W.R, the L.M.S. thought to tap into Stratford-Upon-Avon’s tourist potential. They bought a large house near the town and named it the ‘Welcombe Hotel’, introducing specials from Blisworth, they even ran evening specials to connect at Blisworth with the line to Stratford from London. In 1932 the LMS offered a unique service when they introduced the ‘Ro-Railer’.
Built by Karrier Motors in Huddersfield, the ‘Ro-Railer’ was, on the outside an ordinary road going, single deck bus, but the ‘Ro-Railer’ had a hidden secret. Mounted on the buses axels; flanged wheels, raised and lowered as required allowed the ‘Ro-Railer’ both to run through the streets of Stratford and along the line to Blisworth. The ‘Ro-Railer’ ran from Blisworth to Stratford station, and via the streets of Stratford, on to the hotel but the experiment was withdrawn in June of 1932 due to the vibrations, mechanical problems and a lack of passengers.
The LMS Ro-Railer UR7924 was ordered by the LMS carriage division at Wolverton in Feb 1931. The supplier Karrier Motors of Huddersfield was a surprise to some as they were running down their bus production having earned a poor reputation for reliability in the 1920’s. The chassis was a standard Karrier Chaser powered by a 6 cyl engine with a max rating of 120hp. The Chaser was the last serious bus design by Karrier. The body was built by Cravens to their B26C design and featured 14 front facing seats in the forward vestibule and 12 longitudinal seats in the rear smoking saloon. Luggage space was provided on the roof or by folding up some of the seats in the rear vestibule. It weighed 7 tons 2cwt and was fitted with railway sanding gear, lamp irons and emergency drawgear for locomotive haulage. Loco haulage was limited to 20mph although apart from the presumed rescue on its demise there is no record of loco haulage taking place. The pneumatic road wheels and traditional flanged rail wheels were mounted on a manually set eccentric arrangement and could be switched from road to rail in under five minutes by one man whilst the vehicle stood over a sleepered crossing.
For more information on the Ro-Railer, down load this pdf document by John Jennings -
The Ro Railer By John Jennings.pdf
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Karrier Road-Railer Road-Rail,Cravens,Single Decker Motorcoach,UR 7924,Hertford,1932,of the London Midland & Stottish Railway - LMSR of 1932:-
Karrier Road-Railer Road-Rail,Cravens,Single Decker Motorcoach,UR 7924.1.Sometimes called Ro-Railer,FNV :-
Karrier Normal Control Road-Railer Road-Rail Single Decker Motorcoach,H68729, built for Rotterdam Tramways,Holland:-
Karrier Normal Control Road-Railer Road-Rail.Dropside-Bodied,4x2 Lorry for the London Midland & Scottish Railway - LMSR :-
Karrier Road-Railer Road-Rail,Cravens, Single Decker Motorcoach,UR 7924,Hertford,1932,of the LMSR and one of it’s Midland Railway,Johnson Designed,Fowler Re-Built,4-4-0 Steam Railway Locomotives,LMSR,No.556 :-
DAF CF Duoliner,SAZ Hy-Rail,Road-Rail,Fixedside-Platform-Bodied,Hydraulic Crane-Equipped,Single Steer - Pusher Axle or Twin Steer 8x2 - Tag Axle,or 8x4 Road-Rail Lorry-Motor Truck.1.Czech Republic :-
DAF XF,Sleeper-Cabbed,Duo Tracktor HNJ Road-Rail,SAZ Hy-Rail,Road-Rail,RP 400 Boom Platform -Bodied & Hydraulic Crane-Equipped, 6x4 Road-Rail Lorry-Motor Truck.1.Czech Republic :-
Zweiweg Road-Rail Fire-Rescue Vehicle,MAN M or F90-Cabbed,DAF-Engined,6x6 Road-Rail Limousine Fire Engine-Rescue Vehicles.Feuerwehr.For incidents in long railway tunnels :-
Road Locomotive : Heavy Haulage Steam Road Locomotive. Heavy Haulage Ballast Diesel Road Locomotive .
Originally it was Heavy Haulage Steam Road Locomotives that did all the heavy haulage work…QV photograph below.
Fowler B6 Super Lion C 8 NHP Heavy Haulage Steam Road Locomotive,Engine No.17105,VM 2110,ATLAS,Manchester,May 1928,heads up two other HH steam road locomotives a railway locomotive.Isle Of Wight Steam Festival.ITV :-
…But Heavy Haulage Ballast Petrol & Diesel Road Locomotives gradually replaced the steam road locomotives during the first half or so
of the 20th Century,especially after World War Two of 1939-1945.So here are two of my favourite Scammell lorry models 
QV photograph.
Scammell 
This photograph choice was fortuitous! 
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Scammell Constructor,Rolls-Royce C-Range Diesel-Engined,6x6 Heavy Haulage Ballast Diesel Road Locomotive,PUC 475,heads up Scammell Super Constructor,876 BGJ,doing a heavy haulage job at the Great Dorset Steam Fair :-
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Seddon Pennine Pantechnicon wth body by Marsden Coachbuilders Warrington. One of about 9 or 10 we ran. This one in Thorn Domestic appliances livery. The Pennine was the name given to Seddon’s passenger chassis but also Pennine was name of Seddon’s own coachbuilding side that built pantechnicons. We had them built by Pennine, Boalloy, Marsden & Vanplan
TruckNetUK.Old Time Lorries.A To Z Transport Miscellany.Showmans Transport - Fairground Vehicles,Showmans Steam & Diesel Road Locomtives.VALKYRIE.Thursday,24th August,2017.
The Showmens Guild represents every interest of the Travelling Fun Fair-FunFair Industry and Travelling Showmen and their Families.
QUOTE:TRAVELLING SHOWMEN & ROAD TRAFFIC LEGISLATION The Government has traditionally acknowledged that travelling Showmen represent a special case and that legislation applied to heavy goods vehicles in general would be punitive if applied to a travelling showman.UNQUOTE.
That quote is a statement from The Showmans Guild of Great Britain.
I have a special interest in Fairground Vehicles,and here are a few historic and modern examples of showmans - fairground vehicles:-
The first Showmans Steam Road Locomotive was operated by the American circus operator,James Washington Myers,in 1859 who did a tour
of Great Britain with his circus.He used a British- built Bray 12 NHP Duplex-Cylinder Traction Engine,now known as a Showmans Steam Road Locomotive to transport his circus on the tour…and one of the attractions of Jim Myers’ circus was the Bray showmans steam road locomotive!
Bray 12 NHP Duplex-Cylinder Traction Engine-Showmans Steam Road Locomotive of 1858 was the first steam road vehicle to be employed by a showman. Showman James Myers used it to haul his circus equipment in 1859 :-
Just see the wonderful period advertisement from 1859 ,it’s a wonderfully romanticized but somewhat true illustration of the decorated Myers’
Circus Bray Showmans Steam Road Locomotive Road Train! In the best showman-style tradition …worthy of a colouring book
illustration! QV photograph below.
Bray Traction Engine.Used by Jim Myers Great American Circus,Saturday,13th August,1859.A romanticized but somewhat true illustration of the decorated Myers Circus Bray Showmans Steam Road Locomotive.Folkestone Chronicle :-
I’ve just bought a newly published book - it’s yet to be delivered : The Story Of The Midland Works - Leeds.A History Of J.& H.McLaren 1876 To 1985.John Wakeham.Henry Roskilly.Michael R.Lane.The Road Locomotive Society.Bought it,August 2017.I also have the McLaren history book by John Pease :-
Just what the hell has these two books got to do with showmans transport ? 
you may ask: Well,for one thing,there is a photograph of a McLaren
Showmans Steam Road Locomotive on the back cover of the new McLaren book - McLaren did build some showmans steam road locomotives.
McLaren also built an early showmans steam road locomotive.The year was 1881,it was an 8 NHP model,engine No.85 and was bought by none
other than James Washington Myers! This showmans steam road locomotive was named SIR ROBERT LE DIABLE
The practice of travelling showmen using steam road locomotives hauling fairground-funfair equipment in trailers arranged in a roadtrain
dates back to the 19th Century,and continues in this present 21st Century using modern Showmans Ballast Diesel Road Locomotives.
Here is a photograph from the glory days of fairground steam - this actual showmans steam road locomotive is now preserved.
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Burrell DCC 3 7 NHP Showmans Steam Road Locomotive,Engine No.2625,BD 5257,LADY,PRIDE OF ENGLAND,Northampton,February 1904.Leaving Finedon Feast - Funfair en route to Northampton Fair in 1933.Sewards,Petersfield photo:-
Steam on the fairgrounds was gradually replaced,especially after 1945, by petrol and diesel lorries,ex-buses,ex-motorcoaches and many World War Two ex-military vehicles.Steam had gone from the fairgrounds by around 1959. The showmans ballast diesel road locomotive and the rigid eight-wheeler lorry were now the main fairground vehicles for the big,and not so big,rides and other attractions. Four and six-wheeler lorries were
also popular,including ex-motorcoaches and ex-buses.
From the 1970s onwards there has been a big swing to articulated lorries,complete with the high-tech rides that they transport from funfair
to funfair.Rigid-eight wheeler lorries and showmans ballast diesel road locomotives are still used,but obviously are not as numerous as they
used to be. Articulated lorries do pull trailers behind their semi-trailers,all because of the swing to articulation.
Here is a typical World War Two ex-military fairground vehicle,QV photograph below.
Scammell Pioneer SV2S 6x4 Showmans Ballast Diesel Road Locomotive,809 XUP,QUO VADIS.Ward & Son.Pioneer’s were very popular on the postwar fairgrounds :-
A modern fairground Foden Alpha articulated lorry pulling the paybox-bodied trailer:-
6.Foden Alpha Mk2 6x4-4,Freak Out Afterburner Ride-Load-Bodied Semi-Trailer,Articulated Lorry-Motor Truck,JBO2 JNR.Jay Barwick,Sheffield.Owen photograph:-
Foden Alpha Mk1,Boxvan-Bodied,6x4 Showmans Ballast Diesel Road Locomotive,X756 ECE.Joseph Summers.Jungle Fever Games.Pulling three Drawbar Trailers.Adam Floyd :-
Scania T124 Normal Control - Bonneted Twin Steer,Hydraulic Crane - Equipped,Fixedside-Bodied,8x4 Showmans Ballast Diesel Road Locomotive,T582 BAY,SHOWMAN.Abie Danter.Transports his Air Ride. One of the modern glamour fairground vehicles:-
The following Scania T124C Showmans Ballast Diesel Road Locomotive,K16 DTR,TREVITHICK is named after Richard Trevithick,the inventor of the High Pressure Steam Engine;developed the first full-scale railway; and was one of the pioneers of steam road locomotion.He was a Cornishman
- the Anderton & Rowland and David Rowland travelling funfair outfits mainly provide the funfairs and feasts in Devon and Cornwall
Scania T124C Normal Control - Bonneted,Boxvan-Bodied,6x4 Showmans Ballast Diesel Road Locomotive,K16 DTR.TREVITHICK.David Rowland & Sons,Amusements.Waltzer Ride.Another one of the modern glamour fairground vehicles.5.Steve Barton:-
The following glamorous showmans - fairground vehicles belong to my fairground friends,Roger Tuby Snr and his son Roger Jnr ,who are members of the famous Tuby travelling fairground family of Doncaster ,QV photograph below.
Foden 4000 R8x4 Lorry,Foden Alpha M1 6x4 Artic,Foden 4000 6x4 Artic,Volvo FH12 Globetrotter 6x4 Artic - Part of the magnificent fairground vehicle fleet of showman Roger Tuby.Roger Tuby photograph. :-
I’m very proud to be a Showmans & Fairground Vehicle Enthusiast and to be associated with the Travelling Funfair Industry and Showmen and
their families for nearly all of my life
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Sterling . Made in Canada. Originally the old Ford heavy truck products.
Stevens Haulage with a load of Steel.
