Morris Minor.

This Vintage Morris Minor with a Split Windscreen and Soft Top has got to be before WW2. It is in great condition, has the old black and silver number plates, which are illegal now, except on vintage cars.

The Planet Steam Engine.

This is a working replica of Robert Stevenson Planet Steam Engine It was an upgrade from the George Stevens Rocket,which incidentally ran over an MP. a Mr W Huskisson who died on its first journey to Liverpool. The first railway fatality ever. The Planet has been fired up with lots of other Steam and other early transport systems, by the M O S. (Manchester Museum of Science ) for the Week End.

The World's First Railway Station.

Liverpool Road Station was the Worlds First Inter City Railway Station. This is where the Rocket started as a Passenger Service from Manchester to Liverpool on 15/09/1830. The Route went over Chat Moss Swamp, a Major Headache. Stevenson managed to cure this with Wood and Heather sunk in to the Swamp. The Lines Still Rock when Modern Train use the same line.

The Planet Close Up

The Planets Boiler with its Wooden Cover looks Great.

All aboard?

The Friends of the MOS, take pride in helping the Museum to run the Engines just for Fun.

At the Controls.

On the Foot Plate with the Volunteer Driver.

The Points

We are taken on a 10 minute Journey pulled by the Steam Engine Planet and the Drivers Mate gets out to change the points to be diverted down a branch line.

The Rolls Bentley

This is a Wonderful Vintage Rolls Bentley was the Pride of Britain's Motor Manufactures. When it was made the price of the car was immaterial.

The Pink Cadillac

This Cadillac appears in a well known T V advert for Sheilas Wheels ( Car Insurance ) company where three young ladies in Pink Sequence Dresses Sing about Cars.

Left Hand Drive.

The back view of the Cadillac. You can just see the Card Board Cut Outs of the Girls on the back seat of the car which of course is left hand drive being American.

A Steam Roller.

Of course any Vintage Steam Transport Display would not be complete with out a Steam Roller.

A Steam Waggon .

The Steam Waggon with four road wheels and was used for towing heavy loads, or used in farm work for Driving Threshing Machines with its Belt Drive with the Steam Waggons Fly Wheel.

A Three Foot High Working Model.

This is a Superb Working Model of a Garratt Designed Steam Engine it must be worth a fortune. It has an Engine back and front and the Boiler in the Middle and it is Articulated.

The K 1.

This is front part of the K1 Engine Made by Beyer, & Co. Ltd in 1909. The Steam Engine is three parts, and is Articulated with Boiler in the Middle and 2 steam engines one at each end. H.W. Garret's Patent in 1907. The beauty of the design was it could travel on railway lines that had sharp bends in it. So they were popular in Australia and Africa. This one saw service in Tasmania.

The Other Side of the K1.

This is a almost a full view of the K1 engine it is fully steamed up to work but is mounted on a Low Loader to difficult to put on the track at the Museum.

The K1 Front Side.

The K1 again a Very Special Engine Mounted on the Low Loader (with Steam up ) so going no where. A hundred years old and still in good working order incidentally made in Manchester.

A Saddle Back Engine.

This is a Saddle Back Engine. The Water Tank is the Saddle which is full of water and is heated up by the heat from the boiler before it goes in to the boiler to make steam. Unfortunately it gave the Engine a High Centre of Gravity so ended up in shunting yards instead of main line work. It was built in 1879.

Horse Drawn Tram.

This is the L53 Horse Tram developed by John Eades. A very clever design. When it got to the terminus the body, is on a turntable, the horses just walked round turning the body round to the opposite end to go back the way they came. About 550 were made in 1877 onwards.

Stairs to the Open Top Deck.

At the Back of the Tram where the people got on, you could go up or down. The top deck is open to the elements. So if it was raining everybody crammed in the bottom deck to keep dry.

The Tram

A side view of the Tram showing it's route through South Manchester and the start of Advertising Slogans on Public Transport.