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Special Fordson tractor No 2316 towing a loaded modified horse drawn trailer (No 3553) at Warwick Royal Show on 4th July 1931

Special Fordson tractor No 2316 towing a loaded modified horse drawn trailer (No 3553) at Warwick Royal Show on 4th July 1931. The following comment in the January 1932 edition of the Great Western Railway Magazine was made in an article reviewing the highlights of the previous year: 'The Royal Agricultural Show was held on the Company's system at Warwick during the year, and the whole of the cartage involved was performed by the Company's own vehicles, these all being mechanically propelled. The same procedure was adopted at the Three Counties and the Bath and West and Southern Counties agricultural shows, held respectively at Hereford and Bristol. These operations were much facilitated by the use of a vehicle acquired during the year, namely a tractor fitted with caterpillar tread. Not only was this machine able to handle a large quantity of traffic expeditiously, but it was able in the event of one of the wheeled vehicles failing to negotiate an extra stiff piece of ground, to go to its assistance.'

Robert Ferris

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