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Vintage transport film.
 
Vintage transport film.
Posted by broadgage at 02:14, 2nd November 2026
 
Interesting video of a large electrical transformer being transported  by rail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4nqWE26yqk

Re: Vintage transport film.
Posted by Witham Bobby at 10:12, 2nd November 2026
 
Interesting video of a large electrical transformer being transported  by rail.

A great test of the loading gauge calculations

We called them OGLOs - Out of Gauge Load

Signalled with the bell code 2-6-3 if it required adjoining lines to be blocked

The reaction of today's elf 'n safety to having these men loose on the wagons can only be imagined

 
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