Ransomes & Rapier unknown walking dragline

Ransomes & Rapier unknown in The Big Melt: How Steel Made Us Hard, Documentary, 2013

Class: Others, Construction & Engineering vehicle — Model origin:

00:47:09 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2014-03-20 00:35	Fairly sure it's UK footage, and the way it is compiled suggests rock/mineral mining (maybe iron??) rather than coal. Decided not to wind mk9*2 up by opening pages for the other smaller plant in these shots........
mike962 ◊ 2014-03-20 00:49	this is your walking dragline same window configuration and same central bolt it's Ransomes & Rapier build in UK http://legacymedia.localworld.co.uk/275786/Article/images/12980721/3039187.png -- Last edit: 2014-03-20 00:49:32
mike962 ◊ 2014-03-20 00:50	dsl wrote and cabin perfectly matches too http://timrogers4.tripod.com/dragline.jpg
dsl ◊ 2014-03-20 00:56	I'm impressed. Any idea how many of these mothers existed? Is it the biggest thing we've got on imcdb??
mike962 ◊ 2014-03-20 01:02	dsl wrote I'm impressed. Any idea how many of these mothers existed? Is it the biggest thing we've got on imcdb?? not.. but it comes close the biggest walking dragline ever build is Bucyrus-Erie Big Muskie /vehicle_646094-Bucyrus-Erie-4250-W--Big-Muskie--1969.html and biggest land vehicle ever build is the bucket wheel excavator in Germany /vehicle_157945-Krupp-Bagger-288-1978.html
dsl ◊ 2014-08-10 13:49	Re-used from this 1960 film. Location is