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Number and Name	Class	Wheels Gauge	Builder Works No/Year built	Notes/Location
	R3	Traction Ω	John Fowler 12745/1911	Please advise us if you have details for this item..  Close © Andrew M Johnson MMXXVI (John Fowler 12745/1911) Representative photo
BL8272	R3	Road Loco Ω	John Fowler 12746/1914	Lady Wantage, Lockinge, Berkshire. George Gregg & Sons, Glarryford, Ireland. Mayo County Council, Ireland..  Externaly Hosted Image - Steam scenes
SV8988  "Nightmare"	R3	Traction Ω	John Fowler 12754/1913	10nhp Engine.  Close © Andrew M Johnson MMXXVI SV8988 Nightmare (John Fowler 12754/1913) Photo of the exact item
"Despatch"	R3	Traction Ω	John Fowler 13036/1911	Norman Box.  Close © Andrew M Johnson MMXXVI Despatch (John Fowler 13036/1911) Representative photo
"Lady of Kent, renamed Queen Mary"	R3	Showmans Ω	John Fowler 13468/1914	Kent Haulage, Hoo Street, Weyburgh. Sold in 1932 to George Rodgers of Chipping Sodbury. Sold in 1936 to Sam Smart, showman, Bristol. Sold in 1939 to W.E.Chivers, haulier. Scrapped during WW2. Road Engine converted to Showmans in 1936.  Externaly Hosted Image - Flickr
	R3 Comp General Purpose	Traction Ω	John Fowler 14583/1915	Heaton and Neale, Halsall, Ormskirk.  Externaly Hosted Image - Flickr
	R3 Comp General Purpose	Traction Ω	John Fowler 14584/1915	John Fowler and Co (Australia) Ltd, Sydney (Australia).  Externaly Hosted Image - Flickr
	R3 Comp General Purpose	Traction Ω	John Fowler 14587/1915	Currie and Co (Newcastle) Ltd.  Externaly Hosted Image - Flickr
DO1932  "Enterprise"	R3	Showmans Ω	John Fowler 14588/1916	In preservation..  Close © Robin R Beck MMXXVI DO1932 Enterprise (John Fowler 14588/1916) Representative photo
	R3	Road Loco Ω	John Fowler 14859/1916	Minister of Munitions.  Externaly Hosted Image - Steam scenes
	R3	Road Loco Ω	John Fowler 14860/1916	Minister of Munitions, sold to C.W.Ramsbert, Kent.  Externaly Hosted Image - Steam scenes
	R3	Road Loco Ω	John Fowler 14861/1916	Minister of Munitions Bought by Edgar G. Edgar in 1920, repossessed by War Department in 1923 and sold to Coulsons (Haulage contractor) by 1925. Firm taken over by Pickfords in 1941. Scrapped by Allan Knight of Huddersfield in 1946..  Externaly Hosted Image - Steam scenes
DW2235  "Evening Star"	R3	Showmans Ω	John Fowler 14862/1917	Ministry of Munitions. Returned to the Fowler works following an accident and rebuilt as a Showmans Engine in 1919, Noted with a Mrs. Grit in 1929. Laid up in 1934. Sold to Arnold Bros, 1941.In preservation as Evening Star..  Externaly Hosted Image - Steam scenes
"Shamrock"	R3	Road Loco Ω	John Fowler 14863/1916	Minister of Munitions.  Externaly Hosted Image - Steam scenes
	R3	Road Loco Ω	John Fowler 14864/1916	Minister of Munitions.  Externaly Hosted Image - Steam scenes
	R3	Road Loco Ω	John Fowler 14865/1916	Minister of Munitions.  Externaly Hosted Image - Steam scenes
	R3	Road Loco Ω	John Fowler 14866/1916	Minister of Munitions.  Externaly Hosted Image - Steam scenes
	R3	Road Loco Ω	John Fowler 14867/1916	Minister of Munitions.  Externaly Hosted Image - Steam scenes
"The Princess"	R3	Showmans Ω	John Fowler 14868/1917	With showman Billy Smart 1937. Noted with Holdsworth family (West Yorkshire), traveling with their pigs and balloons ride. Noted also with showman Harry Gray (Hampstead, London)..  Externaly Hosted Image - Steam scenes
CB3054  "John"	R3	Road Loco Ω	John Fowler 14869/1916	Minister of Munitions.  Externaly Hosted Image - Steam scenes

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