Hornsby Ackroyd Patent Oil Engine Tractor from 1896
The Impressive bulk of the 70hp Marshall Colonial tractor
The Robert Crawford collection is one of the top private collections in the UK. The collection has been built up over many years by Robert Crawford who is a well known Lincolnshire tractor dealer and Agricultural engineer. His company R.H. Crawford & Sons of Frithville nr. Boston are the UKs Main stockist of Field Marshall parts.
Items from his collection regularly appear at shows around the country, with a large number of items being exhibited at the Carrington Steam and Tractor Rally which Mr Crawford has hosted at his own farm nr Boston for several years.
The Collection[]
- This is some of the items - if you know of others please add them to the list
Steam vehicles[]
| Make & s/n | year | Name | type | reg no. | Photo |
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| Burrell no. 4074 | 1927 | The Lark | Crane engine | CF 7951 | 
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| Clayton & Shuttleworth no. 48347 | 1919 | Steam wagon | FE 2931 |
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| Foden no. 13730 | 1930 | - | Steam wagon | OFU 567 | To add |
| Fowler no. 14402 | 1917 | Jemima | Showman's Tractor | BW 2374 | |
| Fowler no. 14765 | 1920 | Traction engine | DO 1933 | ||
| Fowler no. 14933 | 1917 | Challenger | Te / PE ? | CT 6891 | |
| Fowler no. 15349 | 1919 | Sampson | Ploughing Engine (McLaren Diesel conversion) |
NM 638 |
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| Fowler no. 17107 | 1928 | Parsons Pleasure | Super Lion 10 nhp 'Stump puller' | To add | |
| Marshall | 1934 | Britania | Portable engine | - |
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| Marshall no. 45415 | 1906 | ? | Traction engine | BE 7789 |
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| Marshall no. 87260 | 1934 | Rolling On | Steam roller | YG 6178 |
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| Marshall no. 88314 | 1937 | Prince of Wales | Steam roller | DUO 39 |
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| Robey no. 40672 | 1923 | - | Steam roller | FE 5391 |
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| Robey no. 42657 | 1925 | - | steam wagon 6 ton | MY 318 | To add |
| Thornycroft no. 39 | 1900 | Dorothy | Steam wagon | AD 115 |
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Tractors[]
Marshall Colonial At Newark Vintage Tractor and Heritage Show 2008
- Alldays & Onions General Purpose of 1917
- Field Marshall most models
- Richard Hornsby & Sons Oil tractor of 1896
- Marshall, Sons & Co. Colonial 70 hp tractor of 1908 (or 1910)
- Massey-Harris GP - 1936
- Overtime model N - 1918
- Saunderson G - 1917
- Track Marshall Model 55 sn 0001
- Trantor - 1985
Crawlers[]
Most of these tractors appeared at the Carrington Steam and Tractor Rally 2010 crawler special.
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A Converted WWII Sherman tank that was converted post war into a tractor to beat the shortage of large crawler tractors
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Clayton Crawler tractor at Carrington in 2010
Waltanna / Track-Marshall TM200 prototype
Fowler Gyrotiller 80
- Sherman tractor (tank)
- Clayton crawler
- Fowler Gyrotiller
- Fowler Gyrotiller 3-30
- Fowler Gyrotiller 80
- Fowler VF
- Fowler VFA
- Fowler FD2
- Fowler FD3
- Fowler FD4
- Fowler 4-40
- Fowler Challenger 1
- Fowler Challenger 2
- Fowler Challenger 33
- Track-Marshall 55 - First production machine
- Track-Marshall 70 - Prototype with Perkins R6 engine
- Track-Marshall 155 - Dozer
- Track-Marshall 155 MK2 - last built
- Track-Marshall 9500 - Loading shovel
- Track-Marshall Waltanna - prototype
- Track Marshall Brittania
- Morooka MK 160 - Rubber tracked
- Morooka MK 180 - Rubber tracked
- McCormick-Deering T-20
Other items[]
- collection of model steam engines
- collection of model tractors
- Motorbikes
- stationary engines
See also[]
- Shows and Meets
- Collections
- Museums List
- List of Tractor Dealers
- List of parts suppliers
References / sources[]
- Carrington Steam and Tractor Rally programme
- Newby Hall Vintage Gathering programme
- Photos from above events
- Various Preservation magazines.
External links[]
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