StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Clydesdale

{not listed} 1955 Albion Clydesdale - 4.8l diesel [OWW 991]

There's at least a dozen horses gently grazing in this field, next to the car park at the Home of Rest for Old Horses, Douglas. A good proportion are ex-trammers, and certainly not shy !

Five more to ID ... working L->R don't know ? Jubilee - ex-trammer, born 2000 & retired 2012. John - ex-trammer born 1996 & retired 2016. don't know Fanny-Ann - Gypsy Cob mare, born 2000 & retired 2013.

mint with the hole patrol ! Ian is trying to persuade the driver / groom to hand over a mint ... Ian [a Clydesdale gelding] is providing the one horsepower for enclosed saloon tram No.1. In the background are open toastrack No.42 and "Royal Tram" No.44 - the safety fence on the right is to segregate the MER [the low road] tramway terminus from the horse tram area.

One horse-power provided by "Ian" - harnessed to Tram No.1 , an enclosed saloon for 30 passengers, built as a replacement in 1913. As the ground shows, it's been a bit wet, hence the use of the saloons.

Sculpture of the type of heavy [cold-blood] horse that would have towed barges along the local canals. Pictured outside the administration buildings at the Falkirk Wheel.

Part of the MER's 125th celebration, September 2018. Posed at Laxey ... Horse Tram No1 (1913, Milnes-Voss) [This is the second car to carry "No1" , built as a replacement in 1913 with a 30 seat fully enclosed saloon body. The "original" No1 was built as a single decker by Starbuck Car & Wagon Co in 1876, later converted to a double-decker but ultimately scrapped in 1901] The one horsepower motive unit is "Douglas" and judging by the pattern of his coat, he's a Clydesdale. He's been a "trammer" since 2002 [foaled in 1998 and he's 16 hands at the withers and definitely a Clydesdale - I checked the tramway website] MER No.1 (built 1893 by Milnes of Birkenhead) Snaefell Mountain Railway No.1 [gauge is larger at 3ft 6"] the original car was built in 1895 by Milnes, it was rebuilt in 2011 and reverted to the Tramway and prussian blue / cream livery it carried when new. Note; it has bow collectors and Fell brakes.

Line up of horse trams. {scan of an emailed image, which may be a postcard}

The London Horse Bus has just about reached the entrance stop - having climbed the Pockerly bank. No passengers........we were asked to dismount, as this is a steep climb and it was the end of the day)

Bonnie and Cylde getting ready for another trip with the London Horse Bus. (as saved by Soloman Andrews).

Beamish Museum's Clydesdale Mare "Bonnie" having been specially groomed, is seen here being dressed in her best harness.

The culmination of the restoration of the Chip Van - walking up Spennymoor High Street.

Close up of Bonnie - wearing 'show harness' and groomed to a very high grade turnout. The trip along the High Street caused quite a crowd to gather.....

Enough with interveiwing the groom, I'm the star around here! . Although the camera crew are filming the groom, it looks as though Bonnie is being interveiwed. Either that , or she's hoping he has something edible for her.

Bonnie about to take the Chip Van into the agreed parking spot, some discussions in progress as to the details of the next phase.

Whilst the sun shone, some chip van memories were recorded.

On the 7th April 2011, one of the resident Clydesdale horses "Bonnie" provided the motive power to move the Berriman's Chip Van across the Beamish site to the lean-to on the coal-fired fish and chip shop at the pit village. Source: image from Paul Jarman