The following details are of the remaining "Yorkshire" wagons that I know about. If you have any information about other survivors I would be pleased to hear from you.
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| 6 ton wagon no.34 of 1903 owned by the Booleroo Steam & Traction Preservation Society in South Australia believed to be the earliest survivor. The picture shows the wagon in the workshops under restoration in 2003. The wagon has since run and a video of it can be seen on Youtube. |  (Photograph courtesy of David Macloy) |
| 2 ton wagon number 117 registration number CA170. Rebuilt from a bare chassis by the late Tom Varley in 1973. In accordance with Tom's naming policy for his fleet of steam wagons this one bore the name 'Pendle Maid'. Now owned by John Ward in West Yorkshire. |  (Photograph courtesy of M Walters) |
| WA three speed 6 tonner no. 642 of 1914. This wagon was found dismantled and in derelict condition having been used to power a sawmill on a remote island in a Chilean part of Patagonia, South America. The remains of the wagon were brought back to the UK, in 2004 by Michael List Brain of Preston Services. It is now owned by Robert Midgley of Otley who is rebuilding the vehicle to its original specification. |  (Photograph courtesy of Michael List Brain) |
| WA 6 tonner no. 652 of 1914, rebuilt by John Butler of Tonbridge in the 1960/70s and now owned by Michael List Brain of Preston Services. |  (Photograph courtesy of M Walters) |
| WE 3 ton wagon no. 940 'Pendle Queen' of 1917, the second steam lorry rebuilt by the late Tom Varley in 1970 and still owned by the family. Tom rescued the remains of this wagon from Robinson & Birdsell's scrapyard c1968 and first displayed it at the 1970 Harewood Steam Rally. |  (Photograph courtesy of M Walters) |
| WE 3 ton wagon being rebuilt by Gilbert Armour in Northern Ireland. The wagon is very similar to 940 and consists of parts retrieved from Robinson & Birdsell's scrapyard in Leeds by the late Tom Varley in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The scrapyard was situated about half way between the Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Company works and the works of Clayton, Son & Co. The scrap pile contained the remains of many steam wagons and was not cleared until about 1980. Wagons saved from the yard include Fowler 19708, Yorkshires 940, 2118 and 2128. Three 3 ton wagon boilers were recovered from the yard; one was like new when removed in the 1960s, but the other two had been partially buried in ash and were severely corroded. The boilers were brand new when they were sent there by Yorkshires in the 1920s. The good boiler was used in the rebuild of 2 ton wagon 117. |  (Photograph courtesy of Gilbert Armour) |
| WA 6 ton wagon no. 1428 survives in Australia with a bus body constructed on it. It was supplied in August 1922 to J F Thompson as a 5/6t end tipping wagon. |
 (Photograph courtesy of Tony Earl) |
| WA 6 ton wagon no.1443 exists in Victoria, Australia. Supplied new in July 1922 as a running chassis to the Northern Transport Service, Tasmania. |
 (Photograph courtesy of Andrew Gibb) |
| The remains of a 3 ton WE end tipping wagon no. 1482, new to the Reading Electric Supply Company in 1924. This is of a more modern design than the other two three tonners. |  (Photograph courtesy of Roger Luck) |
| WA 6 ton 1534 in Colombia, South America. This remarkable survivor is reputed to have been working in the town of Zipaquira near Bogota until the early seventies when it was abandoned. In the 1980s it was bought by Luis Fernando Hoyos in Medellin and in August 2003 it was acquired by the Museo del Transporte. |  (Photograph courtesy of Hugo Suarez Fiat) |
| WA 6 ton 1535 in New Zealand, supplied new in 1925 for Lyttleton Borough Council. |  (Photograph courtesy of Lyall Simpson) |
| WF 6/7 ton 2049 in Australia. |  (Photograph courtesy of Paul Pavlinovich)
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| WF 6/7 ton 2052 crane and articulated wagon is in Andrew Gibb's collection, in Victoria, Australia. |  (Photograph courtesy of Andrew Gibb) |
| Yorkshire WG flexible six wheeler 2118 of 1927, 'Pendle Laddie'. Rebuilt by Tom Varley from parts recovered by Walter Fearnley. This vehicle was supplied to the Leeds Corporation Electricity Department as a cable carrier. |  (Photograph courtesy of M Walters) |
| WG 2128 Yorkshire four wheel shaft drive wagon. This was originally a chain drive WG but was converted to shaft drive (WH model) by Walter Fearnley using a rear axle from one of the W.J.King four speed six wheel WJ models. A splitter box was introduced between the engine and the rear axle to give this wagon four speeds as well. The rear axle and chain drive differential and countershaft unit were then used on WG 2118 above. |  (Photograph courtesy of M Walters) |
Andrew Gibb provided the following photographs of three Yorkshire wagons appearing at a celebratory event in April 2024. The featured wagons are WA 1443 and WF 2052 owned by the Gibbs family and WF 2049. It would be nice to see one of the WF wagons, early examples of shaft driven steam wagons. Photos supplied by courtesy of Andrew Gibb.
