"GLADIATOR" A typical showman's road locomotive. ten or a dozen of this type of engine could be seen on fairgrounds throughout Devon and Cornwall until they were superseded by diesel power in the 1940s.
Supplied to Anderton & Rowland in 1909 and…
Supplied by Charles Burrell & Son Thetford Norfolk in 1909 and subsequently owned by a group of Cornish enthusiasts at Redruth usedto raise money for charities with the Gavioli Organ
NOTE: This is probably the oldest print of the same photo in ENT 4.031 & ENT 8.017.
Burrell Showman Locomotive "Gladiator". Built 1909 for first 30 years of century hauled fairground equipmentfrom East Somerset to St Just. (note on photo says it was…