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Re: Big shovels (was: CAT 797 Mining Truck Pictures.)
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Sat, 23 Mar 2002 11:22:25 GMT
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On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 11:09:13 GMT, "Ross Crawford" <rcrawford@csi.com>
wrote:

In lugnet.technic, Ross Crawford writes:

Well, I'm not sure about size, but it's definitely the heaviest. "The
Captain" was 15,000 tons, dwarfing the shuttle transporter at 2,721 tonnes.
Even with the orbiter aboard, it doesn't come close.

Here's some pics http://www.boringforums.com/001_CDE/001_MRN_Page101.htm

For scale, the ones near the bottom of the page show some people & other
vehicles - note particularly the loader parked between the tracks.

Here's some more pics but with facts and text as-well.
http://www.stripmine.org/captain.htm
/Tobbe

http://www.arnesson.nu/lotek/



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  Re: Big shovels (was: CAT 797 Mining Truck Pictures.)
 
(...) Here's some pics (URL) scale, the ones near the bottom of the page show some people & other vehicles - note particularly the loader parked between the tracks. ROSCO (23 years ago, 23-Mar-02, to lugnet.technic)

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