This loco has been rebuilt with home made bodywork, tall cab and Deutz air-cooled engine.
Photo: D. Hall
PEAT WORKS LOCOS
Motor Rail locos working at peat works today have usually been rebuilt and re-engined in the peat companies workshops and look very different from when they left the Simplex works at Elstow Road. This is a selection of typical examples in use today.
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20/28hp w/n 8655. Wm Sinclair Horticulture Ltd, Bolton
Fell, Cumbria 29th July 1999.
This loco has been rebuilt with home made bodywork, tall cab and Deutz air-cooled engine. Photo: D. Hall |
| 20/20hp W/n 8738. Wm Sinclair Horticulture Ltd,
Auchencorth Moss, Midlothian.
This loco has been re-engined with a Deutz engine and fitted with hydraulic transmission. Photo: D. Hall |
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20/28hp w/n 21250. L&P Peat Ltd, Letham Moss,
Falkirk.
This loco has been rebuilt by Alan Keef with new bodywork. It is intended for use at Fannyside Moss when that site reopens. Photo: D. Hall |
| 40s w/n 40s383. L&P Peat Ltd, Nutberry Moss works,
Dumfries & Galloway.
This loco is almost original and has only a rearward extension to the cab to alter its appearance from original. Photo: D. Hall |
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U-series w/n 115U094. Wm Sinclair Horticultural Ltd,
Cladance Moss, South Lanarkshire.
This loco has had an extensive rebuild by R.S. Byers Ltd and looks completely different from when new. Photo: D. Hall |