Oh, it was dropped! I thought, since it has been so hot these past few days, that it had melted.
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It's the new folding locomotive, designed to save space in locomotive shops!
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My nominee for the world's most hideous locomotive. Have the pommies invaded?
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In the UK they have a few nicknames. Ugly Betty's is one and Fugly's is another - work that last one out, its easy. 70012 will be stripped of all useable components and a replacement loco will be built. It will then be probably scrapped as the frame is useless now.
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Everyone notices the bent locomotive but nobody's commenting on the empty nuke car back there.
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Hah! On the sticker, is that "do not hump"!?
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No extra charge for the bent frame. Nice catch.
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If that DODX car is empty it probably is being returned to the Navy base at Kittery, Maine. A number of years ago my family traveled to that base to attend the Commissioning Ceremony of the SSB MAINE. These cars are kept in a special enclosure at the base when when in storage, so it is rare to see one of these unattended. The only way into the base by rail does not get used very often. There is a rail bridge located under the main highway bridge across the river. In order to use the rail bridge, a normally stored rail bridge section must be lifted by a bridge crane that is part of the larger bridge. Then the crane moves the rail bridge section to it's intended location and the rails are connected allowing rail movement across the river. When the rail bridge section is in place waterborne traffic is blocked until the section is removed and stored. This process only takes place when there are enough loaded cars to make up a special train which includes a guard caboose, to move the spent fuel to it's final storage location. This empty car will probably be kept in a rail yard nearest the base, but in Conn. possibly with other empty cars which will go to the base when the next loaded train is ready to leave. Thus rail service in and out the base occurs only several times per year.
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| Posted by Gary on July 27, 2011 | |
A pity they didnt do that with all of them.
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A comment I heard is that it was designed by Lego.
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| Posted by on August 1, 2011 | |
With the bend in the middle, it kinda looks like a slinky
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Watching these locomotives get unloaded off ships in foreign nations I've always been concerned this would happen at some point. Wonder what it sounded like when it hit the ground? I'd hate to see what "the ground" looked like afterward.
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A very interesting photograph, thanks for uploading.
The loco was dropped at Newport, Wales whilst still on the ship, and fell back into the hold. Apparently, the cranes being used weren't certified to lift items of that weight. Luckily, the previous four suffered no damage while being lifted!.
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