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We missed the anniversary by two days but this magnificent steam traction engine would have been worth posting on Sunday had Morning Mary been awake! O'Dea describes it as "Showman's engine back from Stradbally Steam Rally" and it must have been one of the stars of the show there?
Photographer: James P. O'Dea
Collection:James P. O'Dea
Date: August 8th 1968
NLI Ref.: ODEA 59/1
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Photographer: James P. O'Dea
Collection:James P. O'Dea
Date: August 8th 1968
NLI Ref.: ODEA 59/1
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
8 August 1968 was a Thursday . . .
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
🎺 Ta-DAAA ! 🎺 The 'Prince of Wales' in 2008 via https://www.flickr.com/photos/26776854@N05/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/26776854@N05/3027072089/
Foxglove
I was going to complete the couplet with "what a wonderful machine" .. but also was late to awake and missed "1st spot"
David S Wilson
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ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Hmmm - are there two "Prince of Wales" ?? Built 1918 - www.steamscenes.org.uk/engines/fowler/showmans-road-locom... Built 1922 - burrellscenic.weebly.com/3887-the-prince-of-wales.html
sharon.corbet
Streetview.
sharon.corbet
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia They might be the same one, but in any case, the one from 1922 is this one - there are pictures of it with "James & Cockerell" on it, as above.
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/scorbet Well spotted, map updated.
sharon.corbet
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland] I cheated slightly, by looking at the companion photo.
sharon.corbet
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia] I'm now convinced that there are two separate "Prince of Wales", one built by Fowlers in 1918, and one built by Burrells in 1922. Your photo above is the one from 1918, whereas this is the one from 1922. See here for photos of the Burrells engine from the 2008 Great Dorset Steam Fair.
derangedlemur
I have a jigsaw of a very similar one but it's a Burrell - St Brannock: www.steamscenes.org.uk/engines/burrell/showmans-road-loco... Edit: I see this one is also a Burrell and not a Fowler as suggested by the steamscenes link.
sharon.corbet
Of course, I could have just read the front of the engine...
cargeofg
Greetings from the Principality. Well done The Marys. Double hit for me this morning. As when I first came to England I lived in Swindon but now living in Wales. Prince of Wales Showmans engine and with a Wiltshire registration. HR would have been issued by the Trowbridge office. Also note on front of canopy Pride of the West.
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[https://www.flickr.com/photos/scorbet] Thank you - how very confusing! More tea, Vicar?! - youtu.be/EZ9qVHBVg9g?t=114
Niall McAuley
I was interested in these machines when aged 6:
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derangedlemur
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley That one's a Ransome, though, I reckon.
Niall McAuley
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8468254@N02 Indeed, not suggesting it is the same machine!
derangedlemur
No, but I think it's the same as this one, before it had spent 30 years in a barn and then been restored with a different flywheel: www.flickr.com/photos/8468254@N02/9442995788/in/photostream/
Mr_Tronics
The Original B&W photo. Burrell Showmans Road Loco. No. - 3887. Reg. - HR 6658. Name - "The Prince of Wales" . Built - 1922. & The Colour one. Fowler Showmans Road Loco. No. - 14948. Reg. - EB 4999. Name - "Prince of Wales" . Built - 1918.
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_tronics Thank you for the clarification.
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
The importance of a definite article !
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Something that has always puzzled me since playing with Matchbox cars as a boy - how did traction engines etc get on to low-loaders? Do the wheels and axles come off the back; surely that would require a crane? Somebody mechanical will know . . .
derangedlemur
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia Interesting point. That one doesn't look as though the neck is detachable, so I guess they must have either taken the back wheels off or used a crane.
Bernard Healy
If we assume that the engine was named after the then Prince of Wales rather than just the title, said Prince later ascended the throne as Edward VIII in 1936, and abdicated in 1937 to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson.
Oretani Wildlife (Mike Grimes)
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/32162360@N00/] Here's another shot of the Prince of Wales under different ownership on a low loader where the rear wheels are removed. flic.kr/p/RRKCmn