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What's the worst thing you have ever seen happen to an engine while working or looking after one?
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Posted on: 2006/1/22 19:27
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My dad has told me about a time he saw a road loco start quickly on a hill, causing the front end to jump a little, but unfortunately there was no securing pin holding the front axle under the perch bracket so as the smoke box lifted the front axle stayed on the gound, rolled back and ended up under the belly tanks!
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Posted on: 2006/1/22 21:11
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The same thing happened to Marshall CTE 68955 "General Owen" at a rally held at the National Shire Horse Centre, near Plymouth, Owen went through a gateway to go back to the low loader, the pin came out causing the front axle to leap out of the perch, momentum of the engine kept it going forwards & ended up with the front wheels up near the firebox, luckily a heavy Bedford tow truck was still on site so it could be lifted & the front axle relocated. McLaren "Gigantic" back in the 80s tried pulling a tank at a rally, the front axle pin came out when they tried to pull away sending the front of the McLaren skywards! Picture of it in one of the early issues of Old Glory |
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