Past Present and in Between in Pictures (Part 1)

[lurpak]

Nice and sunny hereat Gordano

Ade

[oiltreader]

Thanks to Buzzer, Punchy Dan and lurpak for the pics.

Atkinsons a year or two back.
Oily

[froggy55]

Found this morning on a French Forum. Its registrations puts it c. 1968; I thought that cab had been introduced later.

[dirty_dan]

Last part then. Roudtrip at ca 2500km and 4days and no problem at al so al and al a great trip. And now im back to more normal local work witch suit me better. But i have always love the longhaul and always will!

Danne

[lurpak]

A bit of military at our local Steam Railway.

Might have posted some these before but never mind.
Nice photos Dirty Dan I like photo Diaries keep them coming
Ade

[oiltreader]

Thanks to Froggy55, Dirty Dan and lurpak for the pics

Yesterday in Dingwall, had a then and now chat with the driver, a nice young lad took me through a few of the mod cons of today’s wagon like his “notes”, a gps gadget unclipped from the dash with drops, pick ups etc on the screen, a far cry from yesteryear.
Oily

[servo88]

[servo88]

[lawrence_dunbar]

Corbridge Show, Regards Larry.

[pv83]

Dirty Dan:
Last part then. Roudtrip at ca 2500km and 4days and no problem at al so al and al a great trip. And now im back to more normal local work witch suit me better. But i have always love the longhaul and always will!

Danne

Nice little documentary you’ve put together mate, cheers!

But more importantly, how was the Guns ‘n’ Roses gig?

[pv83]

oiltreader:
Today in Inverness.
Oily

As with all those newer models, just put some proper livery on it, and the ugliness will disappear…

[pv83]

lurpak:
A bit of military at our local Steam Railway.
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Might have posted some these before but never mind.
Nice photos Dirty Dan I like photo Diaries keep them coming
Ade

Cracking shots mate, cheers!

[lawrence_dunbar]

[trunker08]

650 HP■■? How did we manage back in the day!!

[rigsby]

oiltreader:

malc step:
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Cheers Malc.

Hi Malc, thanks for the pics , saw that machine on the way home from the Hebrides, unfortunately in a “convoy” of traffic so missed a chance of stopping for a snap, we were two or three motors behind a motorhome(NL) snail with a long tail back behind us, umpteen chances to pull in at a passing place to let others go by between Achmore and Strathcarron station waited until the A896 jct then he pulled in, bah bloody humbug .
Oily

I parked behind that machine on Wednesday while the ladies walked across the road for the obligatory photos of Loch Carron . Couldn’t get them to get a snap of " That rusty old thing " , typical women . Dave

[dirty_dan]

pv83:

Dirty Dan:
Last part then. Roudtrip at ca 2500km and 4days and no problem at al so al and al a great trip. And now im back to more normal local work witch suit me better. But i have always love the longhaul and always will!

Danne

Nice little documentary you’ve put together mate, cheers!

But more importantly, how was the Guns ‘n’ Roses gig?

Thanks for that mate! It was a nice litle trip specily since my son whent with men and it was a long time since i was up there.
Oh and for the Guns gig it was really good,they didnt stop playing until 0015 and played like they never had been away from each other so it was a long good night. Home 0130 and up for work 0330…
But well worth it!

[deanb]

Terberg.

[grumpy_old_man]

trunker08:
650 HP■■? How did we manage back in the day!!

Because we were drivers, we knew how to do the job with 250/290/350 bhp and a Fuller. And before that a 150/180 Gardner and a six speed DB box
Happy days.

These days they sit there with 650/750, auto boxes etc, That’s not driving, that’s just being bored witless at 56mph.

[joeshell]

grumpy old man:

trunker08:
650 HP■■? How did we manage back in the day!!

Because we were drivers, we knew how to do the job with 250/290/350 bhp and a Fuller. And before that a 150/180 Gardner and a six speed DB box
Happy days.

These days they sit there with 650/750, auto boxes etc, That’s not driving, that’s just being bored witless at 56mph.

+1

[ray_smyth]

The Dock Road,near the Pier Head,Liverpool, in 1955. Three Car electric train of the
Liverpool Overhead Railway, Heading south to Dingle terminus. Despite the name “Overhead”,
Dingle Station was “Underground”, at the bottom end of Park Road. The 2 “Team Horses” and
cart could have been part of Jarvis Robinson Transport. Difficult to identify the lorries,but
the far one may be a Ford Thames,or even a bonneted Bedford. My thanks to Dave/xkopite,
Trucknet member,for the picture. Ray Smyth.