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Saturday Film Club: Class 14: Why Britain Scrapped These New Locomotives After Just 5 Years

the traffic it was designed to handle was fading away as the locos were delivered. But, the highlight for me is at 12:50, when we see a self-propelled rail-mounted Coles crane batting along a bit of track.

Saturday Film Club: Class 14: Why Britain Scrapped These New Locomotives After Just 5 Years

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the traffic it was designed to handle was fading away as the locos were delivered.

But, the highlight for me is at 12:50, when we see a self-propelled rail-mounted Coles crane batting along a bit of track.

I don't recall seeing one of these in action before, and it can certainly move!

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the traffic it was designed to handle was fading away as the locos were delivered. But, the highlight for me is at 12:50, when we see a self-propelled rail-mounted Coles crane batting along a bit of track. I don't recall seeing one of these in action before, and it can certainly move!

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The Class 14 "Teddy Bear" has, to my eyes, always been an attractive loco.

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