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Taken in 2015.
Track 4 at the Hackescher Markt S-bahn station in Berlin. The train approaching in the distance was an S5, S7, or S75, any one of which we could have taken to Tiergarten, our hotel stop.
The Norfolk Tank Museum is very proud to take ownership of what is believed to be the only surviving example of a 3 Ton Crossley Halftrack, built in 1926. The Crossley was originally restored by an enthusiast, Ian Simpson, who had rescued it from a scrap dealer. Sadly, Ian passed away in 1994 before completing the restoration and left the Crossley to the Museum Service, eventually the Crossley ended up at the Royal Logistic Corps Museum who carried on the renovation but, unfortunately due to moving from its current location at Deep Cut will no longer be able to display it.
The Norfolk Tank Museum intends to carry on the excellent restoration work that Ian and the volunteers at the Royal Logistics Corps Museum have already started, with the completion of various items including the Bonnet, Mudguards, Engine Covers, and hopefully the purchase of a set of Tracks. Originally the Crossley would have had a ‘Bikini Roof’ over the Driver’s Cabin and possibly a full Canvas over the rear section, this is something the Museum will also be particularly investigating when researching the Vehicle.
The Crossley Brothers came into being in Manchester in 1867, they manufactured pumps, presses, and small steam engines. In 1906 Crossley Brothers became Crossley Motors and began building cars, by World War One they were producing Cars and Trucks for the British Army. In 1948 Crossley Motors was bought-out by Associated Equipment Company (AEC) who then carried on production of the Vehicle for many years.
In 1925 following World War One, the British Army ran a competition for manufacturers to produce a 'Halftrack' Vehicle with good Off-Road Capabilities as well as On-Road Performance. Crossley signed a licence agreement with Citroen-Kégresse to produce a 15/20 CWT Halftrack using the Kégresse Track System. The new Crossley Halftrack performed very favourably in the competition and the order was given for 115 vehicles to be built and to be shared between the Army and the Royal Air Force. In 1926 Crossley produced the 20/30 CWT unfortunately, the production numbers are not known.
The Crossley is powered by a 4.5 litre four-cylinder, water-cooled petrol engine producing 65hp, with a 4-speed gearbox and a 2-speed transfer box and the weight is approximately 5 tons. There were possibly three versions produced, a General Service Vehicle, a Staff Car, and an Artillery Tractor.
The Crossley’s Track System is credited to Adolphe Kégresse a French Military Engineer who had managed the Russian Tsar’s cars before the revolution of 1917. Adolphe had converted the Tsar’s cars to Halftracks to improve their off-road ability. The system utilised a rubber or canvas track stretched between a drive wheel at the back and an adjuster wheel at the front, with a series of four sprung bogies in the middle. The rubber track was driven by friction, unlike other Tacked Vehicles which have a sprocket and teeth that engage with the track to produce drive.
The original concept for a Halftrack Vehicle was conceived by Alvin Orlando Lombard, an American blacksmith, he devised the 'Lombard Steam Log Hauler' which used tracks to disperse the weight of the vehicle and its load over a greater area. He built 83 between 1901 and 1917 in order to pull logs through the snow and ice of the New England mountains. During World War One the most famous Halftrack was the 'Holt Tractor' a further development of the Lombard Steam Log Hauler with a gasoline engine. Holt had purchased Lombard’s patent in 1907. In the late 1920's the US Army purchased several Citroen-Kégresse Vehicles along with a licence to develop their own M3 and M4 Halftrack versions which were then used during World War Two. The Germans also developed their own range of Halftracks using the Citroen-Kégresse design.
If you have any information about this vehicle, or parts to complete the build, please contact the Norfolk Tank Museum on 07703337714 or email info@norfolktankmuseum.co.uk
tracks of skier (lines and dots) and small animal (dots only) on frozen water of lajaalahti, munkkiniemi, helsinki.
i don't think those are mine.
done with my mighty 14-54mm
Passing the MAX (Metropolitan Area Express) station at NE Holladay and the Oregon Convention Center. In the background, on of two of the convention center's glass spires which illuminate at night.
An unusual track left in the sand - I think it may be from a brittle starfish but no sign of the creature. If anyone can ID the tracks I would be most interested!
I haven't had much luck getting animal photos in the last few weeks. Seeing all the tracks makes it a bit frustrating as I know they are out there. The best I could do was to shoot the tracks and hope to run across the animals who make them.
Pic 5 in my 365 project.
Another rainy day today. These cars have been sitting on the tracks for a while and I've been itching to get a photo of them, and was finally able to :)
Amid lake effect snow, CSS #2000 heads west down the City Track to the CN interchange at Curtis Yard. The City Track was a former EJ&E that led to the former Aetna Powder Works on Gary's east side. It is now the South Shore's main interchange route with Canadian National.
Taurus (left) and Orion (right) are easy to recognize and we can also see bright Jupiter just below Taurus.
The Orion nebula is visible in the photo and was visible to the nakes eye even under an almost full moon, that's how bright this nebula is.
18/01/17 #1479. Tyre tracks across a thick coating of frost on the wooden deck of the Old Tollbridge this morning. It was pretty slippery
Modifying a TrixBrix tracks switch to use with an underside motor and a tire as shown at www.flickr.com/photos/ztp/49543793286/in/album-7215766200...
Mainly the little bump on the side of the sliding shaft needs to be cut away, so sliding the shaft offers no resistance to the motorized tire.
Today's walk - 13 miles around Caban-coch and Garreg-ddu reservoirs int he Elan / Claerwen valleys. Excellent.
Oodnadatta Track, interior of Australia
Camped alongside the largest stretch of water, Neales River, in the interior on the old Ghan route which traversed Australia from south to north and opened the way of the Overland Telegraph line, climbed the hills the following morning to watch the dawn as the light caught the tops of the desert grasses following a season of above average rain.