Prestons of Potto owned Burrell Road Locomotive Lightning II with trailer outside Blackwell Ox pub in Carleton in Cleveland

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Prestons of Potto transport business was started during the Suez Crisis in 1957 when a local brick manufacturer, who was running very short of diesel for his fleet of lorries asked Richard Preston if he would haul their bricks to keep the contracts supplied. Richard Preston bought two 10 ton trailers and used his Burrell engine, Lightning II to haul 20 tons of bricks from Darlington to Ampleforth for four months.

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Size: 4608px × 3455px
Location: Carlton in Cleveland North Yorkshire England UK
Photo credit: © Peter Jordan_NE / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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