LMS Route: Rugby to Tamworth
Tamworth Station: lnwr_tam3644
Another posed photograph taken to show the transport
facilities available at Tamworth Good Depot. In this view two 3-wheeled
'Scarab' type tractor units can be seen plus a four-wheel tractor on the left,
the latter being used for heavier loads. The men are draymen and are, from left
to right, Emanuel Wright, Sam Gilbert, Ernie Wakelin, Tommy Dugdale and Horace
Penny. British Railways finally stopped using horses in 1959 expanding their
fleet of articulated trucks. The horses are wearing cart or vanner
harnesses.
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