Tuesday - October 19, 2010

a rather sad photo ….

Right, it isn’t much of a story except that the darn thing still runs.  The photo at the link has better detail and is full screen. Worth a look I think.

All steamed up: 130-year-old engine crashes through garden wall .. at top speed of 5mph

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 4:34 PM on 19th October 2010

Despite it only going at 5mph, there was only going to be one outcome when this steam engine collided with a garden wall.

The driver of the 130-year-old runaway traction engine lost control on a steep hill in Ford, Gloucestershire, and the vintage vehicle bounced off a parked car before smashing into the wall.

‘The engine appears to have gone down the hill and skidded on the cats eyes - sending it across the road.

‘It then hit the end of a neighbour’s car and crashed into the wall. If it hadn’t have hit that wall, it could have crashed into a house.

‘It was such a sad sight to see the engine, which had obviously been lovingly restored, lying shattered.

‘My neighbour had just spent the summer repairing his wall too!’

The traction engine, bearing the name ‘S Kavanagh, road contractor, Surrey’, was towing a caravan when it crashed on Saturday at 9.30am.

Neighbours believed it was travelling from the nearby Toddington Steam Fair.

Traction steam engines - often called road locomotives - became popular in Britain from the 1850s.

The metal-wheeled vehicles were used to tow heavy equipment and usually travel at around 3-4mph.

source and larger photo

skidded on the cats eyes… OK, someone has to tell what the heck cats eyes are in relation to this machine.

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