Oxford Diecast 76SP001

Moreton C Cullimore Pioneer Recovery Tractor - 1:76 Sca

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Prototype Eras
Era 3 (1923 to 1947) The Big Four (LNER, LMS, GWR and SR)
Era 4 (1948 to 1956) British Railways Early Crest
Era 5 (1956 to 1966) British Railways Late Crest
Era 6 (1967 to 1972) British Rail Blue (Pre-TOPS)
Era 7 (1972 to 1982) British Rail Blue (TOPS)

Manufacturer description

This new addition to the Oxford rangem the Pioneer, was produced between 1937 and 1945. It served throughout WWII as an artillery tractor, as well as being used as a 6 x 4 heavy breakdown vehicle. After the end of the war, the Pioneer proved most useful in civilian life in the roles of heavy haulage, forestry, fairground and recovery, lasting well into the 1980s. The Gloucestershire based sand and gravel haulage company of Moreton C Cullimore bought this particular recovery tractor and have restored it completely in their corporate colour scheme, even down to the detail of giving it a name from Charles Dickens' novels, in line with all their fleet.

Catalogue listing

Oxford Diecast Moreton C Cullimore Pioneer Recovery Tractor – 1:76 scale. Model number 76SP001 represents the British Railways Early Crest period. The die‑cast model depicts a Pioneer tractor built between 1937 and 1945, originally used as an artillery tractor and 6 × 4 heavy breakdown vehicle during World War II. After the war the real tractor served in heavy haulage, forestry, fairground work and vehicle recovery, remaining in use into the 1980s.

The specific example shown was owned by the Gloucestershire sand and gravel company Moreton C Cullimore. It has been fully restored in the firm’s corporate colour scheme and carries a name taken from a Charles Dickens novel, in keeping with the company’s fleet naming tradition.