Motor Rail & Tramcar Ltd. Simplex.

[Earth Worm Jim]

Aparantly this one was made up of left over parts from other trains.

Baby train

Mr C.

Stick that pedal on your XR2.

I do like chains.

XR2 steering wheel

It is a tank, probably for diesel.

No comment.

More of the steering wheel for all you steering wheel fetishist.

Trust me on this one. It does say 'Motor Rail & Tramcar Ltd. Simplex'

When I find any info on this little gem I'll stick it up.

 

[Earth Worm Jim]

Blatantly plagiarised from wikipedia.

Motor Rail was a British locomotive-building company, based in Bedford. Formed in 1911 as The Motor Rail & Tramcar Co Ltd, they built petrol and diesel engined locomotives, mainly narrow gauge. During World War I over 900 locos were supplied for use on temporary military supply railways. The trade name Simplex was used from the early days; in 1972 the company was renamed Simplex Mechanical Handling Ltd.

In 1987 loco manufacture ceased, business being transferred to Alan Keef Ltd of Ross-on-Wye, who continue to provide spares and have built several locos to Motor Rail designs.

 

[Engineer]

Motor rail.

Think that wheel is the parking brake.

What make engine?

 

[Locksley]

Lol, yeah, I've just realised - since when do rail vehicles have steering wheels? Great find btw!

 

[Mr Sam]

i was thinking steering wheel.......wtf

thats an XR2 wheel



nice find though sure ive seen one somewhere

 

[crumbler]

Nice snaps, great old machine.

http://www.freewebs.com/lefttolinger/

 

[Earth Worm Jim]

What make engine?

As it says in the title,

Motor Rail & Tramcar Co. Ltd.

thats an XR2 wheel

I know it is not really a XR2 wheel. Sorry if you are a member of the XR2 appreciation society, didn't mean to offend anyone.

 

[Engineer]

Simplex Rail Car.

Jim, found this, covers petrol and diesel models

http://www.djr12ecg.demon.co.uk/spx/

 

[Earth Worm Jim]

Jim, found this, covers petrol and diesel models

http://www.djr12ecg.demon.co.uk/spx/

The information I have got from local knowledge is that this particular loco is a mongrel.
For example, it is on standard gauge track.
It took me long enough to workout what the name plate said.

 

[Foxylady]

Excellent find Jim. Interesting stuff, plus it looks great amongst the undergrowth.