Rushden Transport Cavalcade

Rushden Transport Cavalcade & Country Show
Engine line up by the Beer tent
Promoter
Organisers	Rushden Transport Society
In aid of (Beneficiaries)	Rushden Transport Museum
Sponsors (main)
Date held on	May Bank holiday
Duration (days)	3
Venue
Location	Rushden,
County	Northants
Country	England
NTET Accredited	YES
Attendance numbers (approximate no.)	?
Next Event Date	2010
First Event was held in (year)	1979
Last Event was held in (year)	2009
No. of years held	31
Events Web Site	WWW.Cavalcade.Org.UK

The Rushden Transport Cavalcade is an annual show of historical vehicles and a country show run by the Rushden Historical Transport Society. The show which has been running for over 30 years (2008) is held to raise funds for the Rushden Transport Museum which was founded in the old Rushden station, by the society in 1984.

Exhibit classes

Some of the exhibits class were;

• Buses & Coaches - class B
• Caravans - Class P
• Cars - class K, L, U & V
• Collectables & Bicycles - class Z
• Commercial vehicles - Class C - see below
• Fire & Ambulance - class F
• Horticulture - class J
• Microcars - class R
• Military vehicles - class M - see below
• Miniature steam - class G
• Models - class D
• Motorbikes - class T
• Organs - class X
• Stationary engines - class E
• Steam engines - class S - See below
• Tractors - class A
• Models & craft tents

Event participants

2008 Event

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A display of about 19 full size steam engines and some miniatures were present.

Steam Engines list

Guide no.	Engine (make & No.)	Name	Type	year built	Reg no.	Owner	Photo	Misc info
S1.	Aveling & Porter no. 14070	Billy Boy	Showman's conversion	1930	VN 2094	A. Turner, York		150px]]	Not seen at show
S2.	Aveling & Porter no. 12876 / Blackstone	-	Road roller D8 (Diesel)	1932	KJ 7198	D. Walker, Market Harborough		Early Diesel Roller by A&P
S3.	Foden no. 13484	-	Steam wagon	1925	LG 8784	D. Williamson, Dunstable
S4.	Fowler no. 14012	Lord of the Isles	Traction engine	1915	CE 7818	M. Maskell, Bedford
S5.	Wallis & Steevens no. 2357	Big Emma	Steam roller	1896	HO 6139	J. Vickery, St. Albans		Earliest W&S RR in UK
S6.	Shand-Mason	-	Steam Fire engine	1908	-	C. Martin, Bedfordshire		Horse Drawn steam fire pump
S7.	Marshall no. 61970	-	Traction engine	1913	BJ 5934	T. Petty, Berkhamstead	150px
S8.	Sentinel no. 6725	-	Steam wagon	1926	KA 5574	G. Woolley, Bedfordshire	150px
S9.	Aveling & Porter no. 7898	Margaret	Steam Tractor	1913	D 7078	B. Jakes, Gamblingay		light weight tractor
S10.	Fowler no. 16175	Paddy	Steam roller	1924	NW 8198	P.E. Johnson, Bedfordshire
S11.	Wallis & Steevens no. 8058	Ambition	Steam roller	1930	OU 4737	M. Farmer, Worksop
S12.	Marshall no. 34151	Jimmie B	Agricultural Traction engine	1900	TB 2649	N. Middleton, Holcot	150px
S13.	Burrell no. 4093	-	Road Locomotive	1931	DV 9252	D. Smith, Banbury	150px
S14.	Ruston & Hornsby no. 52694	Nuffrush	Road Roller(conversion)	1919	NR 5056	Allen Eaton collection Northants	150px	Fitted with Nuffield Diesel engine
S15.	Fowler no. 14888	Kingfisher	Road Locomotive	1917	HO 6420	Allen Eaton collection, Northants
S16.	Aveling & Porter no. 11583	Caractacus	Steam roller	1926	RP 2948	A&M Smith & Sons, Barton-le-Cay	150px
S17.	Wallis & Steevens no. 7690	-	Traction engine (expansion type)	1919	BJ 8765	A&M Smith & Sons, Barton-le-Cay
S18.	Ruston & Hornsby no. 149813	Success	Steam roller	1928	VF 3186	N. Le Count, Finedon	150px]]
S19.	Allchin no. 1499	Evedon Lad	Traction engine	1910	AY 9494	A. Poole, Daventry	150px
not listed	Allchin no. 1546	Rebel	Traction engine	1910	AP 9079	Owner ?, Northants

Commercial & Military vehicles

Details to add of selected exhibits from Class C & class M Note: not all entries listed initially just ones which photos are available.

Buses, Commercial and Military vehicle exhibits

Entry no.	Make & model	Reg no.	Type of vehicle	Year built	Owner	Photo	Notes / misc info
B1	Daimler CVG6	BNH 250C+	Bus	1965	RHTS
C1	Euclid R-15	sn B5FD-B5	15 ton dump truck	1950	RHTS		B5FD-B5 is the 5th UK built machine
C23	ERF	MCV 163F+	Generator truck	1968	Rod Sherwood, Melton Mowbray		In livery of Robert Brothers Circus
C26	Scammell Explorer	HSU 832+	Ballast tractor	1954	Geof nurse, Colchester
C29	Ford Model T	SV 5188+	1 ton truck	1921	Steven Keeble, Biggleswade
C30	Scammell Crusader	OLD 501L+	Recovery truck	1979	Lee Walter
C33	Morris NVS 12/3	RKN 136+	LCV Flatbed	1953	T. coates
C35	Scammell Contractor	XUP 999F	Ballast tractor 250 ton	1968	B & R Bailey
C37	Scammell Explorer	YAS 852	Recovery	1955	William Sherriff, Southam
C38	Commer Q4	134 UXP+	Recovery wagon	1952	Mark Church, Burton Latimer
C41	AEC Matador/Douglas	PUT 510	Timber tractor	1943	Garry Dann, Kibworth		Converted with timber winch and boom by Douglas
C43	Austin A35 Van	AFX 535B+	Van	1964	Bomber Killingback, Shepperton
C53	Austin 7 Ruby Van	HPG 98+	Van	1939	Hazell Purcell, Birmingham
C54	AEC Matador	774 FBD	Timber tractor	year	owner ?		FWD conversion
C78	Foden S41	JML 136K	Mobile workshop	1971	Jeff Rowlett & Daughters		ex Metropolitan Water Board mobile unit
C83	Scammell Junior Constructor	CVC 273C+	Ballast tractor	1965	Paul Hammond collection, Lower Basildon		Yeoman
C84	Volvo N12	E206 KGM+	Tractor unit	1987	Paul Hammond collection		Rare in UK Bonneted unit
C85	Scammell Junior Constructor	VXD 530	Ballast tractor	1958	Paul Hammond collection		ex Pickfords Reolute
C86	Volvo FB88	OWS 948R+	Tractor unit	1977	Paul Hammond collection		Customised truck in Yeoman transport livery
C91	Scammell 15MU	UYL 920	Ballast tractor	1968	M. Smith collection
C92	Scammell Highwayman	MHW 429F+	Ballast tractor	1967	M. Smith collection		"Essex Girl"
Military vehicles
blank place holder	Make ?	Reg no. ?	Type ?	year	owner ?	150px
M18	Ford Thames ET6	RGX 428+	Recovery	1954	W.H.Smith		(ex RAF AA Balloon winch)
M19	AEC Militant	SSU 746+	Military vehicles	1955	B & R Bailey	in next photo
M20	Thornycroft Antar	RSJ 597	Tank transporter	1959	B & R Bailey
M74	REO M35A2	297 UXF+	Military vehicles	1956	James Stock, Herts
M77	Scammell Explorer	MVS 864	Military vehicles	1950	A. Plummer		Ex BAOR recovery truck
M85 (extra)	Leyland Martian	USY 925+	Military vehicles	year	owner ?		10 ton GS truck
Extra ?	Leyland Hippo	LPC 297P+	Timber tractor	year ?	owner ?
Extra ?	Scammell S26	A825 WMD+	Recovery	year ?	The Walters Family		With living van
	Make ?	Reg no. ?	Type ?	year	owner ?	150px

Tractors

Selected exhibits from class A to be added

Tractor exhibits

Entry no.	Make & model	Reg no.	Serial no.	Type of vehicle	Year built	Owner	Photo	Notes / misc info
A3	Marshall, Sons & Co.	JPW 255+	Field Marshall ? SII	Single Cylinder Tractor	1948	R. Brace, Cambs
A10 (wrong tractor to guide)	Farmall BM	GRP 309	D 3722	Tractor	year 1951	owner ?		Since sold to Dick Tijken, Vierakker (Holland)
A13	Nuffield 4/60	ANH 238A+	Serial no. ?	Tractor	1963	J. Gowen, Wollaston		Part restored (new tinwork ?)
A16	Marshall, Sons & Co.	KUS 325+	Field Marshall ?	Field Marshall S2	1947	Chris Hollowell, Thurleigh	150px
A17	Marshall, Sons & Co.	GRP 974	Field Marshall ?	Series III	1951	Craig Hollowell, Thurliegh
A18	Ferguson TE-F20	PEW 324+	Serial no. ?	TE-F20	1955	Craig Hollowell	150px
A32	Fordson Standard	-	Serial no. ?	Tractor	1940	Alan Hurd, Wisbeach
A38	International B250	TAO 361+	Serial no. unknown	Tractor	1956	John Jacklin, Cambridge
A39	Farmall Cub	-	Serial no. ?	Row crop	1947	T. Wallis, Beds
A43	Ransomes MG5	-	Serial no. ?	Garden Crawler Tractor	1948	M.B.Harris, Bedfordshire		(middle machine of 3)
A67	Fordson Super Major	XNV 540+	Serial no. ?	Type ?	1951	Roy Chambers, Rothwell
A72	Fordson E27N Major P6	JKY 11+	Serial no. ?	Tractor	1946	P. Wheeler, Beds
A79	Ransomes MG6	-	Serial no. ?	Garden Tractors	1956	Mark colins, Bucks		(near machine)
A82 (A81 in guide)	Allis-Chalmers Model M	-	Serial no. ?	Crawler tractor	1942	Andrew Walker
A84 (wrong number to guide)	Farmall F-12	Reg no. ?	Serial no. ?	Type ?	year	owner ?
A92	Tullos	-	Serial no. ?	Threshing machine	1945	M. Corney collection collection, Burton Latimer
A93	Fordson Standard N	GPP 220+	Serial no. ?	Type ?	1934	M. Corney collection, Burton Latimer	See photo above (bottom left)
A113	BMB	NAH 930+	Serial no. ?	[[BMB President	1952	G.W.G Harmer, Norwich		Part restored (had mid mounted toolbar)
A118 - extra	Opperman Motorcart	422 UXK	Serial no. ?	Transport tractor	year ?	owner ?
A126 - extra	Allis-Chalmers Model U	DVE 352+	Serial no. ?	Tractor	1938	S. Gawthroup, Cottenham cambs
A127 - extra	Nuffield Universal 3	-	Serial no. ?	Tractor	1957	S.S. Gawthroup, Cambs		Believed oldest surviving production model
A128	John Deere Model A	-	Serial no. ?	Row crop	year ?	owner ?
Unknown entry no	White-Oliver 2-115	KB? 180?+	Serial no. ?	Mighty Tow	year ?	owner ?		Fitted with a Blower & heavy cast front grill
Unknown entry no	Massey Ferguson	Reg no. ?	Serial no. ?	Massey Ferguson 165	year ?	owner ?		Fitted with a Duncan Cab
E38	Ruston	-	Ruston no. 150880	Ruston BPR 4 1/2 hp open crank engine	1928	Andy Cannell, Finndon

Cars

Selected exhibits from class K to be added. Please add any missing participating vehicles at this event for which a photo is available.

(note: only the few of these which were photographed by the author at this event have been listed initially)

Tractor exhibits

Entry no.	Make	& model	Reg no.	Type of vehicle	Year built	Owner	Photo	Notes / misc info
K118	Austin	Austin A35	422 MMF+	Car	1957	P.Jib, Stamford
K257 - extra	Jaguar	Jaguar E Type	CBH 90F+	Sports car	year ?	owner ?

2009 Event

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Steam Exhibits

A display of about ? full size steam engines and some miniatures were present.

(List below is compiled from list of engines with photos on the Steam Scenes web site for this event here, as we did not visit in 2009)

Please add your photos and any missing vehicles that were present to the list - Thanks.

Steam Engines list

Guide no.	Engine (make & No.)	Name	Type	year built	Reg no.	Owner	Photo	Misc info
no. ?	Allchin no. 1546	Rebel	General Purpose Engine	1912	Reg no. ?	Owner ?		150px]]	Photos on Steam Scenes
no. ?	Aveling & Porter no. 7898	Margaret	Steam tractor	1913	Reg no.?	Owner ?	150px]]	Photos on Steam Scenes
no. ?	Burrell no. 4093	Dorothy	Road Locomotive	1931	Reg no.?	Owner ?	150px]]	Photos on Steam Scenes
no. ?	Foden no. 13484	Talisman	Steam Tractor	1930	Reg no.?	Owner ?	150px]]	Photos on Steam Scenes
no. ?	Fowler no. 14012	Lord of the Isles	Traction engine type A7	1915	Reg no.?	Owner ?	150px]]	4 Photos on Steam Scenes
no. ?	Fowler no. 14888	Kingfisher	Road Locomotive Type R3	1917	Reg no.?	Allen Eaton collection	150px]]	4 Photos on Steam Scenes
no. ?	Fowler no. 15652	Repulse	Showmans Road Locomotive Type R3	1920	Reg no.?	Owner ?	150px]]	8 Photos on Steam Scenes
no. ?	Fowler no. 16175	Paddy	Steam Roller Type DN1	1924	Reg no.?	Owner ?	150px]]	3 Photos on Steam Scenes
no. ?	Fowler no. 17480	Survivor	Steam Roller Type DNB	1929	Reg no.?	Owner ?	150px]]	4 Photos on Steam Scenes
no. ?	Marshall no. 34151	Jimmie B	Traction engine	1900	Reg no.?	Owner ?	150px]]	4 Photos on Steam Scenes
no. ?	Marshall no. 61970	Emma	GP Traction engine	1913	Reg no.?	Owner ?	150px]]	6 Photos on Steam Scenes
no. ?	Ruston Hornsby no. 149813	Success	Steam Roller	1928	Reg no.?	Owner ?	150px]]	7 Photos on Steam Scenes
no. ?	Wallis & Steevens no. 2357	Big Emma	Steam Roller	1896	Reg no.?	Owner ?	150px]]	4 Photos on Steam Scenes
no. ?	Wallis & Steevens no. 7690	Name	GP Traction engine	1919	Reg no.?	Owner ?	150px]]	Photos on Steam Scenes
no. ?	freelance Design	Figment	Steam Wagon	year ?	Reg no.?	Owner ?	150px]]	Based on a truck chassis fitted with vertical boiler and Steam engine
no. ?	make no. ?	Name	Traction engine	year ?	Reg no.?	Owner ?	150px]]

Buses, Commercial & Military vehicles

Details to add of selected exhibits from Class C & class M Note: not all entries listed initially just ones which photos are available.

Buses exhibits

Entry no.	Make & model	Reg no.	Type of vehicle	Year built	Owner	Photo	Notes / misc info
B1	Daimler CVG6	BNH 250C+	Bus	1965	RHTS		Owned by Rushden Transport Museum

Commercial vehicle exhibits

Entry no.	Make & model	Reg no.	Type of vehicle	Year built	Owner	Photo	Notes / misc info
C1	Euclid R-15	sn B5FD-B5	15 ton dump truck	1950	RHTS		B5FD-B5 is the 5th UK built machine
Exhibit no	Scammell Highwayman	MHW 429F+	Ballast tractor	1967	M. Smith collection		150px]]	"Essex Girl"

Military vehicle exhibits

Entry no.	Make & model	Reg no.	Type of vehicle	Year built	Owner	Photo	Notes / misc info
blank place holder	Make ?	Reg no. ?	Type ?	year	owner ?	150px
Exhibit no.	Make ?	Reg no. ?	Type ?	year	owner ?	150px

Tractors

Selected exhibits from class A to be added

Tractor exhibits

Entry no.	Make & model	Reg no.	Serial no.	Type of vehicle	Year built	Owner	Photo	Notes / misc info
A?	Marshall, Sons & Co.	reg no. ?	Field Marshall ?	Type ?	[[Year ?	owner ?		150px]]	Proforma entry in table (copy and paste in to add entries)
Unknown entry no	[[Manufacture ?]	Reg no. ?	Serial no. ?	Model no	year ?	owner ?		nores

Stationary engines

Stationary engine exhibits

Entry no.	Make & model	Serial no.	Type of engine	Year built	Owner	Photo	Notes / misc info
E38	Ruston	Ruston no. 150880	Ruston BPR 4 1/2 hp open crank engine	1928	Andy Cannell, Finndon

Cars

Selected exhibits from class K to be added. Please add any missing participating vehicles at this event for which a photo is available.

(note: only the few of these which were photographed by the author at this event have been listed initially)

Tractor exhibits

Entry no.	Make	& model	Reg no.	Type of vehicle	Year built	Owner	Photo	Notes / misc info
K? - entry no.	Make ?	Model no. ?	CBH 90F+	Type	year ?	owner ?		150px]]

2010 Event

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2010 Steam vehicles

Steam Engines list

Guide no.	Engine (make & No.)	Name	Type	year built	Reg no.	Owner	Photo	Misc info
S?.	Spider wagon	Spider Mk 2	One-off Steam wagon	2001	Q885 NVS	John Kilgour		Based on a Bedford RL chassis

Commercial & Military vehicles

Details to add of selected exhibits from Class C & class M Note: not all entries listed initially just ones which photos are available.

Buses exhibits

Entry no.	Make & model	Reg no.	Type of vehicle	Year built	Owner	Photo	Notes / misc info
B1	Daimler CVG6	BNH 250C+	Bus	1965	Rushden Historical Transport Society	150px]]

Commercial vehicle exhibits

Entry no.	Make & model	Reg no.	Type of vehicle	Year built	Owner	Photo	Notes / misc info
C1	make & model ?	reg no. ?	Type ?	Year ?	owner ?		150px]]

Military vehicle exhibits

Entry no.	Make & model	Reg no.	Type of vehicle	Year built	Owner	Photo	Notes / misc info
M1	make 7 model	BNH 250C+	Type	year	Owner	150px]]	Notes

Tractors

Selected exhibits from class A to be added

Tractor exhibits

Entry no.	Make & model	Reg no.	Serial no.	Type of vehicle	Year built	Owner	Photo	Notes / misc info
A?	Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies	sn 151	Ransomes MG tractor	crawler tractor	1948	owner ?
A?	make ?	JPW 255+	Model no. ?	type ?	Year ?	Owner ?		150px]]

Cars

Selected exhibits from class K to be added. Please add any missing participating vehicles at this event for which a photo is available.

(note: only the few of these which were photographed by the author at this event have been listed initially)

Car exhibits

Entry no.	Make	& model	Reg no.	Type of vehicle	Year built	Owner	Photo	Notes / misc info
K?	make ?	Model no. ?	Reg no. ?	Car	year ?	owner ?		150px]]

Motorcycle's

Selected exhibits from class ? to be added. Please add any missing participating vehicles at this event for which a photo is available.

(note: only the few of these which were photographed by the author at this event have been listed initially)

Motorcycle exhibits

Entry no.	Make	& model	Reg no.	Type of vehicle	Year built	Owner	Photo	Notes / misc info
?	[[make	[[model	reg no. ?	[[Motorcycle	1957	owner, from	150px]]

See also

• Rushden Transport Museum
• Shows and Meets
• Museums List
• Collections - Private collections & private museums (not generally open to the public)
• Clubs Listing
• Rushden Historic Transport Society

References / sources

• 2008 Show guide
• 2010 Show guide

External links

• Cavalcade web site
• Rushden Historic Transport Society web site