Class 70 Ooops
Class 70 Ooops
Whilst being unloaded from ship Beluga Endurance Freightliner class 70 70012 has been dropped from about 20ft back into the ships cargo hold. Taken from www.wnxx.com
brand new 70012 (DHLT) which has been damaged whilst being lifted out of the ship at Newport. Reportedly from about 20 feet in the air, during the unloading process, something evidently going completely wrong, 70012 was dropped back into the hold of the Beluga Endurance. Obviously the damage to the locomotive will have to be assessed but early indications suggest that 70012 is likely to be beyond economic repair.
brand new 70012 (DHLT) which has been damaged whilst being lifted out of the ship at Newport. Reportedly from about 20 feet in the air, during the unloading process, something evidently going completely wrong, 70012 was dropped back into the hold of the Beluga Endurance. Obviously the damage to the locomotive will have to be assessed but early indications suggest that 70012 is likely to be beyond economic repair.
Russ
Re: Class 70 Ooops
But did dropping it improve the looks?




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That's a big oops! My employer does insurance on ships & cargo so I wonder if that's one of our clients. I'll have to ask our claims team when I'm given the all clear to return to work!
Re: Class 70 Ooops
given that it looks like it;s been dropped repeatedly from at least 50 feet, surely it can only enhance it.
nice to know you can drop a loco in a ship and it won't go through the bottom though.
nice to know you can drop a loco in a ship and it won't go through the bottom though.
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see here:
http://railwayeye.blogspot.com/2011/01/70012-crash-bang-wallop.html
EDIT: wnxx.com has further pics
http://railwayeye.blogspot.com/2011/01/70012-crash-bang-wallop.html
EDIT: wnxx.com has further pics
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Now, if they had done 'a Hattons' and wrapped it up in cardboard, brown paper and tied string around it this wouldn't have happened!
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I have found a good pic of it, I don't know who took it so can't credit a name 
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... 898&ref=nf


http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... 898&ref=nf

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Iceman wrote:I have found a good pic of it, I don't know who took it so can't credit a name
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... 898&ref=nf
I suppose the name written in big letters along the bottom doesn't give anything away now does it

that would make an interesting project though, how would u make that? blow torch, melt the middle maybe?
oh and i thought it was 30 foot high....
apperently its going to be sent back to america for scrapping, the thing is, how many drops can this 70 get? will it be dropeed again at the other end?

Ben
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Oh yeah.
Oops lol, Sorry
My only excuse is that i fell out of the van in work today and landed on my back, I'm in agony so i'm not concentrating properly
BTW
at falling out of van

Oops lol, Sorry

My only excuse is that i fell out of the van in work today and landed on my back, I'm in agony so i'm not concentrating properly

BTW




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Iceman wrote:My only excuse is that i fell out of the van in work today and landed on my back, I'm in agony so i'm not concentrating properly
BTWat falling out of van
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you only fell out of a van? pah! imagine at how 70012 feels!


Ben
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OOPS





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Iceman wrote::lol: I would love to know what went through the crane operators mind at the time,
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I don't think OOPS would've been the word that came out...
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cmeonthemove wrote:Iceman wrote::lol: I would love to know what went through the crane operators mind at the time,
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I don't think OOPS would've been the word that came out...
I bet it would have if he hated them as well

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yes 'oops' is a 4 letter word, but I however think that it would have been a few other 4 letter words as well 
Ben

Ben
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lol, I would have loved to have been there to have seen it though, I wonder if there is a video lurking on the net somewhere?
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