MikeTrice Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I am sure we have all at some point in time dropped a brand new completed model. Apparently this also happens on the prototype. Found this by accident. Â Â Â Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady_Ava_Hay Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 This is a strop parting at the end nearest the camera. Usually a proper shipping company will insist on an adequate cradle with lifting eyes so this cant happen. Â This sort of thing is caused by sharp edges which put an unfair strain on the strop at the sharp turn. SWL figures and even breaking strains are completely negated by this sort of abuse. Even a knot in a rope reduces its breaking strain by 50%. A knick or a kink will have the same or even worse effect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O. Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 That looks really expensive... Â Agree with dwhite, does look like a make-shift job. Â Any idea on location Mike? Â Cheers, Steve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific231G Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I am sure we have all at some point in time dropped a brand new completed model. Apparently this also happens on the prototype. Found this by accident. Â Â Â Good illustration of why not to walk under slung loads. Do they make tubes of superglue large enough to repair this? Â It was Owendo, Gabon last November. Â A similar fate awaited 70012 when it was being unloaded from the MV Beluga Endurance at Newport early in January 2011 though apparently it was dropped back into the hold rather than onto the dockside. That was being unloaded by the ship's own crane and from the video so it appears was the loco in Gabon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I should like to have seen the backwards sprint start that must have been made by the man seen on the right, early in the clip! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stock_2007 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 At the meeting later that day  "Good job we have two more on back-order with Bachmann" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfsboy Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Didnt a class 70 drop at the docks ? woops sorry ,didnt see 231 G 's post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 There's already a thread on this video: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/63933-another-entry-in-the-loco-dropping-championship/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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