The Fordson tractor was a mass produced tractor built by the Ford Motor Company from 1917 onwards, Robert Hudson adapted the engine, gearbox and drivetrain to create a locomotive that could run off petrol, diesel and other fuels. The "Go-Go Tractor", as it was referred to, was produced from the 1920s onwards. The Ford engine was connected to the tractor axle via a roller chain. The resulting locomotive was simple, one major drawback was that as it utilised the original tractor gearbox it had three gears in one direction and only one in the other, not so much a problem for an agricultural tractor but a limitation for a bi-direction locomotive.
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| 36863 / 1929 at the Statfold Barn Railway |
| Information |
| Builder: |
Robert Hudson |
| Motor: |
Ford 4-cyl various fuels |
| Power: |
20 hp (15 kW) |
| Wheel arrangement: |
4wPM or 4wDM |
The two Go-Go Tractors pictured operated on petrol or paraffin. Both are preserved at the Statfold Barn Railway and are 610mm gauge.
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| 39924 / 1924 at Statfold Barn, formerly worked at Cairngryffe Quary in Lanarkshire |
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| Another view of 36863 |
