Surviving Yorkshire Steam Wagons

The following details are of the remaining "Yorkshire" wagons that I know about. If you have any information about other survivors I would be pleased to hear from you.

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6 ton wagon no.34 of 1903 owned by the Booleroo Steam & Traction Preservation Society in South Australia believed to be the earliest survivor. The picture shows the wagon in the workshops under restoration in 2003. They intend to have it running in 2004. For details of the society see Booleroo Steam and Traction Preservation Society.	(Photograph courtesy of David Macloy)
2 ton wagon number 117 registration number CA170. Rebuilt from a bare chassis by the late Tom Varley in 1973. In accordance with Tom's naming policy for his fleet of steam wagons this one bore the name 'Pendle Maid'. Now owned by John Ward in West Yorkshire.
6 tonner no. unknown dated c1914. The remains of this wagon were brought back to the UK, in 2004, from a remote island in Patagonia, South America by Michael List Brain of Preston Services. It is now owned by Robert Midgley of Otley who is rebuilding the vehicle.	(Photograph courtesy of Michael List Brain)
6 tonner no. 652 of 1914, rebuilt by John Butler of Tonbridge and now owned by Michael List Brain of Preston Services.
3 ton wagon no. 940 'Pendle Queen' of 1917, the second steam lorry rebuilt by the late Tom Varley in 1970 and still owned by the family.
A 6 ton wagon no. 1428 survives in Australia with a bus body constructed on it. It was supplied in August 1922 to J F Thompson as a 5/6t end tipping wagon.	(Photograph courtesy of Andrew Gibb)
6 ton wagon no.1443 exists in Victoria, Australia. Supplied new in July 1922 as a running chassis to the Northern Transport Service, Tasmania.	(Photograph courtesy of Andrew Gibb)
The remains of a 3 ton end tipping wagon no. 1482, new to the Reading Electric Supply Company in 1924.	(Photograph courtesy of Roger Luck)
6 ton 1534 in Colombia, South America. This remarkable survivor is reputed to have been working in the town of Zipaquira near Bogota until the early seventies when it was abandoned. In the 1980s it was bought by Luis Fernando Hoyos in Medellin and in August 2003 it was acquired by the National Museum of Transportation	(Photograph courtesy of Hugo Suarez Fiat)
6 ton 1535 in New Zealand, supplied new in 1925 for Lyttleton Borough Council.	(Photograph courtesy of Lyall Simpson)
6/7 ton WF 2049 in Australia.	(Photograph courtesy of Paul Pavlinovich)
Yorkshire WG flexible six wheeler 2118 of 1927, 'Pendle Laddie'. Rebuilt by Tom Varley from parts recovered by Walter Fearnley. This vehicle was supplied to the Leeds Corporation Electricity Department as a cable carrier.
WG 2128 Yorkshire four wheel shaft drive wagon. This was originally a chain drive WG but was converted to shaft drive (WH model) by Walter Fearnley using a rear axle from one of the W.J.King four speed six wheel WJ models. A splitter box was introduced between the engine and the rear axle to give this wagon four speeds also. The chain drive differential and countershaft were then used on WG 2118 above.

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