T Minus and Counting 2016

[oneeye]

A 65-tonne steam train caused traffic chaos when the lorry transporting it collapsed under its weight and broke the road. 

The 95-year-old locomotive was being carried from the Swanage heritage railway, in Dorset, to a steam gala to be hosted by the West Somerset Railway in Taunton. 

The low-loader truck had only gone two miles when it buckled under the weight of the former Great Western Railway tank engine.

Its chassis snapped in two and the impact of the sudden movement caused a 40ft gouge in the road surface. 

The loco, which was built to haul coal around South Wales in the 1920s, remained in situ overnight until it could be recovered at 8am on Thursday.

 

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[buddiepaul]

[carlosj]

1 hour ago, buddiepaul said:

Wow, I remember getting a whole box of these for college.  My entire degree course and dissertation fitted on one disk, kind of dispiriting for 4 years' effort.  My cutting edge 80-386 PC had a 51/4" disk drive too, and I then installed DR-DOS to boost the RAM up to, don't be jealous - a whole MB!

 

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[whisty]

• In the opening scene of the Toy Story 3, there is a dramatic scene involving a train. The number on the front of the train is 95. The number is itself is an Easter egg, referring to 1995, the year the original Toy Story was released.

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[grumpyhack]

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1 hour ago, Pear_Cider said:

That's proper cosmic that is. Thanks Pear_Cider

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

This is worthy of a link than just a photo;

http://bda-train-blog.blogspot.co.uk/2009/12/cfr-94649-at-sibiu-steam-locomotive.html

 

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Edited March 19, 2016 by whisty

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[Amy Lawn]

On 3/18/2016 at 6:36 AM, oneeye said:

A 65-tonne steam train caused traffic chaos when the lorry transporting it collapsed under its weight and broke the road. 

A 65-tonne steam locomotive. I don't expect a faux pas like that in this thread.

 

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