I have to confess that I don’t know where this photograph came from. I found it at the back of a filing cabinet in RBI towers, so it could have been published in Motor Transport, Commercial Motor or Truck & Driver magazine. More importantly, I don’t know when it was taken.
We are looking at a 1976 Guy Big J4T 4x2 tractor, which judging by its condition, is being used as a shunter by Nailstone-based JW Pallett. Whether it’s still in use today I have no idea.
This picture got me thinking – who is running the oldest shunter? If you think it could be you then please tell me about it.