Scammell Scarab
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The Scammell Scarab is a British 3-wheeled tractor unit produced by the truck manufacturer Scammell between 1948 and 1967. These vehicles are often known as "Snub-nose Trucks" or "Snub-nose Lorries" b
Scammell Scarab in British Railways livery, London, 1962.
Scammell Scarab with dual headlamps
Scammel Scarab in RAF desert livery
Scammell Scarab and trailer - Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon (Note: The GWR livery is inauthentic. While the livery itself is correct, it would have appeared on a Scammell Mechanical Horse, as the Scarab did not begin production until after the nationalization of the GWR into British Railways.)
British Rail
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British Railways, which after 1965 traded as British Rail, was the state-owned company responsible for rail transport in Great Britain from its inception in 1948 to its privatisation in the 1990s, wit
Scammell Scarab
…but the name really comes from a more conventional source. It was a portmanteau of Scammell and the Arab horse which the Mechanical Horse replaced in British Railways usage. The official Scammell Lorries advertisement film makes reference to this. It was extremely popular with British Railways and other companies…
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