Heavy Metal

[amazinblue82]

One more of a few of these sprinkled through this thread. 10 mins of machines eating other machines to turn them into something else.

Who thought of such a thing (i.e., the engineering, the materials, etc) .. wonder what the uptime/lifetime of one of these shredders is?

 

[amazinblue82]

 

[65sporty]

The power of hydraulics is amazing

 

[67newport]

 

[Moseman]

A couple of screaming Detroits!

 

[67newport]

A couple of screaming Detroits!

3 screaming detroits. the tc12 has 2 6-71's side by side

Double Jimmy The Awesome Euclid TC-12 Dozer

 

[67newport]

USS Iowa in the Panama Canal in 1992

 

[67newport]

 

[67newport]

 

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[67newport]

High elevation of three forward gun turrets of the cruiser Argonaut

 

[67newport]

Back side, elevated view of USS Tennessee (BB-43) underway in Puget Sound during the trials after her modernization, 12 May 1943.

 

[67newport]

Battlecruiser HMS Hood in New Zealand in 1924, during the Royal Navy's World Cruise

 

[67newport]

bow on view of New Mexico-class battleship USS Idaho (BB-42)

 

[67newport]

USS Arkansas.

 

[67newport]

USS Arizona.

 

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[amazinblue82]

View attachment 499423

had to figure out what that big Bucyrus was... from description, seems like a "wrecker" for railcars.

RailPictures.Net Photo: DRGW 027 Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Bucyrus 150-Ton Steam Derrick

 

[amazinblue82]

advertised in use at the same yard in Utah in 1977. doesnt appear to have much/any of its own locomotion .. much like a crane on a "flatbed" rail car?

RailPictures.Net » Photo Search Result » Railroad, Train, Railway Photos, Pictures & News

 

[amazinblue82]

another .. advertised as in use in Gilluly Utah in 1976 by Denver & Rio Grande Western

RailPictures.Net Photo: DRGW 027 Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Bucyrus 150-ton Derrick at Gilluly, Utah