Didn't they try Train engines on the Middlewich branch? --- On Wed, 7/23/08, Bob Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: Bob Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [canals-list] Re: tractors on the towpath - was Soliton To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 3:37 PM In message <392dec210807211103r 29f744ccl5ff5fda 424d7c02e@ mail.gmail. com>, tony bowyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED] co.uk> writes >Michael Askin is correct - tractors were used on the Regents Canal - hauling >mainly lighters in strings - a tug was used for some years through the >Islington tunnel. > I remember in the 60's, tractors being used to haul barges on the Lee Navigation around the Edmonton area. Bob -- Bob Adams - email: bob55 at ntlworld dot com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
