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Weatherill
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:48 am
by XS650
Spotted this at the weekend on Great Central Railway Leicester,Its a coal shovel that has been replaced by A JCB 525 telehandler for loading the steam locomotives. Still in tidy order.The preserved railway was also running full lenght coal trains.
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Re: Weatherill
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:04 am
by essexpete
Looks like a 42HD it may have a Perkins or Ford 6cyl depending on age.
Re: Weatherill
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:01 pm
by IBH
Nice find, it looks to be in fairly good order for its age.
Re: Weatherill
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:06 pm
by usedjcbdave
Here are a few Weatherill Loading Shovel spec sheets covers,all from around the mid 1970s.Hope they are of interest to anyone !
Re: Weatherill
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:43 pm
by essexpete
The Weatherill L86 looked a beast but it probably arrived 10 years too late.
Re: Weatherill
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 3:58 pm
by IBH
The L86 does look a beast, it also reminds of Michigan loaders.
Re: Weatherill
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:06 pm
by XS650
The Weatherill 42H looks very like the early Volvo BM's..............
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Re: Weatherill
Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 12:24 am
by essexpete
When was the first front drive rear steer Volvo produced?
Weatherill had the 8H in 1955 and this was close to Chaseside with a much more advanced looking LM 600. They were both predated by Matbro IIRR.
The front cab 42H arrived about '61.
Re: Weatherill
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:58 pm
by Robban_C
Re: Weatherill
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:17 am
by XS650
Thanks Robert , that Volvo history site is very interesting.
Heres afew more working Weatherills;-
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