CMPs from all over postwar

[Eduard Sorokin]

No, dear Mr Bill, the third photo of C60X with bulldozer on trailer was made in the USSR, in Estonian region, in period from 1950 to 1960. The photographer was Toomas Harjuse.
The caption under original photo says: "This 3-axle GM C60X (registration number PY 63-06) belonged to electric power station in Kingissepa town (now Kuressaare) on Saaremaa island."
The bulldozer is "Stalinets S-80".

Estonia have many windmills too !

[Bill Murray]

Thank you very much for the correction, Eduard.

In many cases, I find these pictures on various photo blog sites and they have no captions and I often have to guess at the country they are being used in.
And, of course, the windmill was why I chose the Netherlands for this one

I hope you enjoy the photos.

Bill

[Bill Murray]

Carrying on......

Bill

[Bill Murray]

And a few more.
Bill

[Mark W. Tonner]

Did anybody notice the markings on the CMP, second up, from the lower right-hand corner of the photo? They are those of the 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment (1 CACR), the KANGAROOS. Note the stylized maple leaf, on which the Arm of Service (AoS) marking is centrally located, this was common on softskins of the regiment (see attached thumbnail).

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Mark W. Tonner

Did anybody notice the markings on the CMP, second up, from the lower right-hand corner of the photo? They are those of the 1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment (1 CACR), the KANGAROOS. Note the stylized maple leaf, on which the Arm of Service (AoS) marking is centrally located, this was common on softskins of the regiment (see attached thumbnail).

Mark,

Yes, Bill Miller did a few years ago when this photo was first posted on MLU. When I was in Canada the last time he showed me the print he got from the Dutch archives after he just asked politely for it.

You have a sharp eye spotting these unusual markings!

Hanno

[Ian Johns]

I found these in an old photo album of my mothers. They are from the late 1940's early 1950's stringing power lines for the Ontario Hydro Power Commission in northern Ontario .

[motto (RIP)]

Interesting to see the Dehavilland Mosquito in the background of the right hand photo of post 28.
These photos sure raise many intriguing questions.

David

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by Mark W. Tonner

Did anybody notice the markings on the CMP, second up, from the lower right-hand corner of the photo?... )

I like the horseshoe on the nearest vehicle. I suppose the staff wallahs turned a blind eye to this sort of thing as anything that soldiers thought would help them make it through the war was permissible.

[gjamo]

Here is a photo that was for sale on Epay a while ago

[Ilian Filipov]

An interesting picture surfaced in Ebay, regretfully no info. The seller is Austrian.

CMP-tower.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/9Xn1jfSw/CMP-tower.jpg

Link: https://www.ebay.de/itm/Nr-32482-Fot...sAAOSwwfFeQal6

[chalky]

CMP's by the acre in post war British government sale -


http://www.flickr.com/photos/6253277...-78474777@N08/

[Private_collector]

DSC_0031.jpg
A fellow I know was a house remover in the 50s to 70s. Guess what his choice of vehicle was!
Could you imagine being allowed to carry such a heavy, potentially unstable (and dangerous) load as this, these days? The road in the photo is a back woods country piece of crap with nearly sheer drop of about 20 feet each side of the 'road'. This photo was taken back in the 60s, and the roads were shocking back then..........and still are!!
There are more interesting photos, showing his other vehicles, but I don't have ability to copy those yet.

[Keith Webb]

That's a lot of house for 85 wee horses to move around. Jan's dad Hugh Thompson moved a lot of buildings and other things with Ford CMPs during his working life too.