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points of interest: rail spiked straight to the sleepers,loco buffers on 1st wagon, continental screw coupling on first wagon. last vehicle continental make.

BL 15 inch siege howitzer Mk. 1, 12 were built by the Coventry Ordnance Works and used from late 1914 by the Royal Marines.

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Apparently this was a 7.5in (190mm) Mk. III naval gun used on a static siege mount to shell Nieuport in Belgium. 14 of them were salvaged from the pre-dreadnaught battleship Swiftsure when it was decommissioned in 1917, with some going to coastal defense in Britain and a few for siege work in Belgium along the coast there. However, I must confess that this gun looks larger than 7.5 inch, perhaps a 9.2 inch or even a 12 inch spare barrel for a rail road gun.

Not so much a tractor, something that hardly existed at the time, more a steam-powered traction engine.

that gun isn't big enough. they should go back to base and try harder.

It's only the barrel.

It Appears to be a Foster Daimler tractor, a 105hp petrol engine driving through a reverse cone clutch and gearbox, with 2 forward speeds and one reverse, , the same sleeve valve engine went on to power the early tanks www.alamy.com/soldiers-with-a-daimler-foster-tractor-ww1-...