D. Wickham & Co Ltd.
Gangers Trolley
Many thousands of gangers self-propelled trollies have been built for track maintenance throughout the world.
This example ended up at Tees & Hartlepool Ports Authority, (later PD Ports) in Middlesborough, from whence it was donated to Andrew. It has a non-standard Petter (PH1) engine and had received considerable damage at the engine end, having been struck by a loco.
After several years in store at Andrew's home, agreement was reached with a small group of members of the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway for the vehicle to go to them on indefinite loan. It was transferred on the 22nd August, 2009
There is a youtube video of it being started at Embsay, here. Additional photos can be found in the Gallery section, here
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