Hi Dave,,
Good photos, bring back memories. I worked for REME workshops from 1976 in a section that specialised in RE equipment and plant as well as other heavy vehicles. Not many liked working on that kit but I was in my element, with loading shovels, graders, scrapers, dozers, Hymacs, you name it. One interesting old beast was a Marshall Gainsborough loading shovel. That Coles you had was the last of the diesel electric type and the truck engine was a 760 AEC, quite powerful, in comparison to the previous AEC Coles which was based on the Mk1 Militant. Now they were slow, think they were around 25 tons. We always functional tested the machines before passing them out and had a bit of ground to dig around on to put them through their paces. Sadly photos were not permitted in those days, so it is down to memory, that is why I enjoy seeing your photos.
Nice M20 by the way :thumbsup:
regards, Richard