WW1 Military Motors - 1916 set x 50 cards

[johnboy]

Thanks LF. That,s are far better pic.

[Scalyback]

Top stuff as usual.

[Lancashire Fusilier]

Thanks for that. I know of two that were placed in service, one by the Southern Railway and one on the Mumbles tramway. The Mumbles one was also equipped with a maintenance tower for servicing the overhead lines. Can you provide a link to the above please? I know someone on another forum who is building a model of one of these locomotives.

Phil,

I shall gladly look up that link for you, and in the meantime, here are two photographs of the Southern Railway's ' FWD Model B ' Shunting Locomotive produced by the Four Wheel Drive Lorry Co. Ltd., at Slough.

Regards,

LF

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[Lancashire Fusilier]

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[Lancashire Fusilier]

The Americans saw the FWD Model B chassis, with its excellent 4-wheel drive traction, as having an application as a passenger rail car, with several rail roads adopting the converted FWD Model B chassis.

The FWD's low running costs were also a major factor, with the FWD Rail Car being able to carry up to 30 passengers in comfort, and also haul a 5-ton trailer loaded with freight for 32 miles on 6 gallons of gasoline.

Over the next 2 or 3 days, I shall be posting various photographs of the FWD Model B Rail Car as used in America.

The first example, is an FWD Model B chassis converted to a passenger rail car for the Buffalo Creek & Gauley Rail Road of West Virginia, U.S.A., with the FWD's bodywork carried out by the Brill & St. Louis Car. Co.

The Buffalo Creek & Gauley Rail Road ( B.C. & G. ) was founded in April 1904, and was still running the converted FWD Model B Rail Cars into the mid-1960s.

As with most American railway engines, the FWD Model B Rail Car was fitted with front ' Cow Catcher ' bars to remove any obstacles from the line.

LF

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[Lancashire Fusilier]

A Buffalo Creek & Gauley Rail Road ( B.C. & G. ) FWD Model B Rail Car.

LF

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[Lancashire Fusilier]

A Buffalo Creek & Gauley Rail Road ( B.C. & G. ) FWD Model B Freight Car.

LF

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[Lancashire Fusilier]

Rear view of the Buffalo Creek & Gauley Rail Road ( B.C. & G. ) FWD Model B Freight Car.

LF

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[phil@basildon]

AEC took over Hardy/FWD in the early 30's. They produced one locomotive for shunting in their own works at Southall in 1938 that is now preserved. http://www.aecsouthall.co.uk/shunter/00_shunter.htm

[Lancashire Fusilier]

A Buffalo Creek & Gauley Rail Road ( B.C. & G. ) FWD Model B Rail Car.

LF

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[Lancashire Fusilier]

The FWD Model B proved its reliability and dependability over many years of service, long after its introduction in 1917.

The FWD Model B was used as a Rail Car on the Buffalo Creek & Gauley Rail Road ( B.C. & G. ) into the late 1950s or early 1960s.

The following two photographs of the FWD Model B Rail Car, were probably taken in the 1940s or 1950s.

LF

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Interior of the FWD Model B Rail Car, looking forward and showing the driver's seat.

LF

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[Lancashire Fusilier]

Passenger seating in the FWD Model B rail Car.

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[Lancashire Fusilier]

A nostalgic look at a rail junction on the Buffalo Creek & Gauley Rail Road ( B.C. & G. ) in West Virginia, U.S.A.,with this photo probably being taken in the late 1940s/1950s, with the line being open from 1904 to 1965.

LF

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[Lancashire Fusilier]

Looks like an early side tipper.

johnboy,

Here is a clear photograph of that FWD Tipper Truck, showing the dual pulley system behind the driver, which allowed for tipping to the left or right sides.

Regards,

LF

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[Lancashire Fusilier]

Final 2 photographs of the FWD Model B Rail Car, as used on the Kanawha Glen Jean & Eastern Rail Road ( K. G. J. & E. ), with the bodywork again by the Brill & St. Louis Car. Co.

The Kanawha Glen Jean & Eastern Rail Road was founded in 1895, with the line opening in 1900.

LF

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Rear view of the K. G. J. & E. FWD Model B Rail Car.

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[Lancashire Fusilier]

A selection of Advertisements for the FWD Model B.

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A WW2 1943 FWD Advertisement giving the history of the FWD.

LF

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[Lancashire Fusilier]

The small workshop ( now a museum ) in Clintonville, Wisconsin, U.S.A., where in 1910 Otto Zochow and William Besserdich developed their Four-Wheel Drive system for motor vehicles.

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Photographs of an elderly Otto Zochow and William Besserdich ( wearing a hat ), inventors of the Four-Wheel Drive system for motor vehicles.

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[Lancashire Fusilier]

An unusual variation of the FWD Model B Lorry, this version being made for a travelling Circus.

LF

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