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nmr[26] - Scootacar

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 19:38:13 +0000

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Hunslet Engine Company built 970 Scootacars between 1957 and 1964.
This "baby blue" example {938 VMY} dates from 1959, a Standard model with a 197cc Villiers engine, reputed to be able to reach 55mph. It has a glass fibre body which makes it relatively heavy for it's size, but there is enough room carry a passenger n addition to the driver.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scootacar

Forest Cairn - Leeds MA

nobody@ipernity.com (Paul Griffin) — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 18:10:24 +0000

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I came across this pile of eroded bricks along the bike trail in Leeds. They were probably fished out of the river and are also remnants of the Great Flood of 1874

ydr[26] - next train clock

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:13:48 +0000

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The waiting room bench - very well padded ! and the "Next Train" display is a gilded "Potts" clock face

HBM Roundhay Leeds 29th June 2026

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:04:17 +0000

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A visit to Roundhay Park and the victorian Upper Lake bandstand. It was built as such but given the seating arrangement it's probably more of a shelter today.

HBM to everyone. Enjoy the start of another week.

HFF Roundhay Leeds 29th June 2026

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:01:06 +0000

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I was amazed you can get so close to this family of swans on the nest in Roundhay Park. The fence wouldn't keep them in or passers-by out.

As a child I was always told to keep well away from swans. They could break your arm with their wings my mother said & were especially dangerous when they were protecting their young. These beauties were almost in touching distance from the path and didn't even blink as people passed by!

HFF to everyone. Have a great weekend.

HFF Roundhay Leeds West Yorkshire 25th December 2025

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 18:22:39 +0000

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A Christmas Day walk in Roundhay Park by the Upper Lake.

This marks my first visit to the park since 1967 when I had a University vacation job selling ice cream from my Mr Softee van by Roundhay Waterloo Lake!

HFF to everyone. Have a great weekend (alhough it may be a bit cold for ice cream)

rsr[25] - Fowler "Persil" {1 of 3}

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 21:55:49 +0000

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Fowler 4160001 is a 0-4-0DM shunter, built in 1952 at Leeds.
Powered by a McLaren diesel, she is the prototype for her class.
“Persil” worked at the soap works of Joseph Crosfield & Sons at Warrington until 1971, when she was donated to Steamport, arriving in 1972 as the first exhibit, before the museum was actually open.
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ribblesteam.org.uk/exhibits/diesel/fowler-4160001-1952-persil

rsr[25] - Fowler "Persil" {2 of 3}

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 21:55:44 +0000

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Maker's plate for Fowler 4160001.
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ribblesteam.org.uk/exhibits/diesel/fowler-4160001-1952-persil

rsr[25] - Fowler "Persil" {3 of 3}

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 21:55:47 +0000

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Interpretation for "Persil"

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ribblesteam.org.uk/exhibits/diesel/fowler-4160001-1952-persil

rsr[25] - Greenbat {1 of 2}

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 21:56:25 +0000

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Built in Leeds by Greenwood & Batley during 1945 as Works no 2000.
Supplied to the CEGB for shunting at Stourport Power Station, and retired when Merry-go-round trains became the supply route.
Operated at Southport, but sadly the Lead-Acid cells are now unserviceable. It is hope sponsorship can be found, as this would make a very useful low-carbon emission shunter.
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ribblesteam.org.uk/exhibits/diesel/greenwood-batley-2000-1945-greenbat

rsr[25] - Greenbat {2 of 2}

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 21:55:24 +0000

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Maker's Plate {undated / un-numbered}

Built in Leeds by Greenwood & Batley during 1945 as Works no 2000.
Supplied to the CEGB for shunting at Stourport Power Station, and retired when Merry-go-round trains became the supply route.
Operated at Southport, but sadly the Lead-Acid cells are now unserviceable. It is hope sponsorship can be found, as this would make a very useful low-carbon emission shunter.
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ribblesteam.org.uk/exhibits/diesel/greenwood-batley-2000-1945-greenbat

avvr[25] - Renishaw

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 21:12:47 +0000

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In disgrace ! having run a "hot box" [again] Renishaw has come "on shed" ...

"Renishaw Ironworks No.6" [0-6-0ST] was built in 1919 at Leeds by Hudswell Clarke with their works no 1366.

The Aln Valley Railway has become the new home for ‘Renishaw' after the completion of a 10-year overhaul at the Tanfield Railway in 2023. [The sale and relocation was agreed in just one week]

The Drewry diesel "Drax" is in the background.

avr[25] - Richboro

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 21:12:46 +0000

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0-6-0T Works No. 1243, Richboro, was built in 1917 by Hudswell, Clarke and Company in Leeds.

She had a UK-wide career, from Kent, to Shropshire and Wrexham until 1969 - Initially preserved and restored at Llangollen and finally came to Lionheart in 2012 and is now owned by the AVR.

avr[25] - N.C.B. No. 60 [HFF]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 21:12:44 +0000

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Built in 1948 by the Hunslet Engine Co Ltd of Leeds, No 60 was delivered new to the National Coal Board and put to work on the Lambton Railway, Co Durham. This 0-6-0ST locomotive design became known as the Austerity and was built in significant numbers during and after the Second World War. It was reliable, powerful and cheap to both build as well as maintain. This engine's cab was modified to allow the locomotive to work through narrow tunnels leading to the staithes at Sunderland. "60" may be the only modified engine that survives.