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    Default A Kingdom of rust in the Kingdom of Fife

    I'd been meaning to have a mooch around here for years because I'd heard there were steam locomotives here; but it's a long way from home so when I happened to be nearby with work last month I took the chance...

    Coles crane on 6-wheeled lorry chassis.


    Aircraft radial engines.


    Some big chain, probably from a shipyard...


    Some even bigger chain.


    Greens motor roller.


    Aveling Barford dump truck.


    Selection of oil engines.


    Tank from pre-WW2 railway tank wagon.


    Seddon Atkinson tanker.


    Fire engine of some sort.


    And the main attraction...

    Four saddleank locomotives, all built at various times between 1902 and 1949 by Andrew Barclay Ltd. of Kilmarnock. They've been here since the 1970s when they were sold for scrap from collieries around Fife.




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    Default Re: A Kingdom of rust in the Kingdom of Fife

    Nice report, those chains are huge!
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    Default Re: A Kingdom of rust in the Kingdom of Fife

    I want to move in! Great find mate
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    Default Re: A Kingdom of rust in the Kingdom of Fife

    that fire engine looks like it is built round a dodge chassis and cab !!



    and is sort of like katie price ( no visible means of support !! )

    some neat finds there !! love the little andrew barclay 040's sadly overlooked in favour of bigger loco's
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    Default Re: A Kingdom of rust in the Kingdom of Fife

    Great stuff, looks like Scrapheap Challenge.
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    Default Re: A Kingdom of rust in the Kingdom of Fife

    Awesome and probally the biggest chain I have ever seen thanks for sharng mate
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    Default Re: A Kingdom of rust in the Kingdom of Fife

    nice pics. shame about those engines hopefully they'll get saved, you dont see too many saddletank's.

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    Default Re: A Kingdom of rust in the Kingdom of Fife

    BA would be proud of that chain.

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    Default Re: A Kingdom of rust in the Kingdom of Fife

    Nice find, mate - wanna give me a hint so I can have a wee mooch m'self?

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    Default Re: A Kingdom of rust in the Kingdom of Fife

    Bob on fella, good find
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