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Re: Opencast Coal Pictures

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:13 pm
by Joes1989
Video filmed at Stobswood just before Crouch Mining went pop!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqtJ8zoOOFU

Joe

Re: Opencast Coal Pictures

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 6:00 pm
by macca1
Aye uk coal made them pop lol

Re: Opencast Coal Pictures

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 6:31 pm
by Joes1989
haha did they? I thought it was RJB?

Re: Opencast Coal Pictures

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 7:32 pm
by kingfisher_61
nick lamb wrote:
kingfisher_61 wrote:
nick lamb wrote:The dragline is at Damside in 1992.Got a few pics one sat afternoon after work.Will scan them sometime.
Becher had 2 D8K's on this reclamation job of Cheetham Hill's at Plank Lane;Wigan during summer of 2010.
One of mine during late 80's/early 90's at Darnconner North,near Cumnock.it's a D8H.
Another one of mine nearly upside down!.Taken at Wimpey Minings Rigg Farm site during summer of 1991 near Sanquar.
Some of R.J.Levacks 769B's at Coleston Minings Crawik site in Ayrshire during 1992.These were in good order and came in handy for many jobs.
Last pic is a mishap at A.F.Budges BerryHill pit heap restoration job in Stoke about 1970.My father was on a 627 here.

I would just like to state that Plank Lane is in LEIGH not pie land lol


Sorry Dave,my mistake :D

All is forgiven lol, Happy New Year Nick :wave:

Re: Opencast Coal Pictures

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 8:52 pm
by SRB
RJB - UK coal, same difference..... Same faces ( except a couple! ) just a different name.

Crouch took a couple of other people with them when they went.

Sb

Re: Opencast Coal Pictures

Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 2:23 pm
by macca1
thats normal SRB they always take someone with them

Re: Opencast Coal Pictures

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:09 pm
by Ross
Thats a Good VID ... Shame the narrator used the word SOCCER .. Must have been aimed at an international audience ... I know Crouch had interests here in North America

Re: Opencast Coal Pictures

Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:21 pm
by Joes1989
Yeh i thought that too about Soccer......when will people learn that its FOOTBALL! haha

Heres another great youtube channel with some more video's of classic british opencast mining!

http://www.youtube.com/user/hairyboosh

Joe

Re: Opencast Coal Pictures

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 2:50 pm
by clockworklozenge1
Shand demag 185-and a pic showing the shand koehring 1266 or 1066- the shand koehring pic is taken from another cmn post and the demag pic from lkw stefans demag site

Re: Opencast Coal Pictures

Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 3:03 pm
by clockworklozenge1
Ogden cat 992 with the beadless tyre taken atr Rother valley opencast-copyright unknown?