2013

SK5516 : Rail tractor, Quorn

taken 10 years ago, near to Quorn (quorndon), Leicestershire, England

Rail tractor, Quorn
Rail tractor, Quorn
A Ford tractor converted for railway engineering and maintenance fitted with a hydraulically driven scrub, hedge and grass cutter. The rail wheels are lowered onto the track but propulsion is still transmitted through the tyres. AFS may or may not be a midlands based aggregate and earth moving contractor.

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Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Railways
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SK5516, 67 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Michael Trolove   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 28 December, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 28 December, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 5501 1609 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:44.3790N 1:11.1992W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 5500 1608
View Direction
NORTH (about 0 degrees)
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