Opencast Coal Pictures

[Joes1989]

Video filmed at Stobswood just before Crouch Mining went pop!

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

Joe

[macca1]

Aye uk coal made them pop lol

[Joes1989]

haha did they? I thought it was RJB?

[kingfisher_61]

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

All is forgiven lol, Happy New Year Nick

[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

[macca1]

thats normal SRB they always take someone with them

[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

[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

[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

[clockworklozenge1]

Ogden cat 992 with the beadless tyre taken atr Rother valley opencast-copyright unknown?