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◊ 2017-12-07 01:40 |
![]() ![]() Work in Progress is no longer a work in progress. Excellent 25 minute ramble round Britain for various bits of interesting transport stuff, and good fun to work with because of excellent quality footage. Taken from ![]() British Transport Films Volume Four: Reshaping British Railways 2-DVD set. Can be seen at the start of this centipede or this one. Bits - British Rail 18000 prototype mainline gas turbine-electric locomotive built for British Railways in 1949 by Brown, Boveri & Cie ![]() ![]() - a big petrol-powered spanner for tightening railway bolts ![]() - Garelochhead ship breakers ![]() ... started on disused WW2 navy base, closed in the 1980s and absorbed into Faslane nuclear submarine base. I think the boat is RMS Aquitania built for Cunard in 1913 and at 36 years had the longest service career of any 20th-century express liner until 2004 when Queen Elizabeth 2 became the longest serving Cunard vessel. I bet they needed a couple of 5-jib cranes to dismantle those 4 funnels ![]() - Granny's Tomato Soup in Argyll depot ![]() |