World's Largest Lorry 1930

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Liverpool, Merseyside.

Full titles read: "WORLD'S LARGEST LORRY - Mammoth machine transporter carries 82-ton Locomotive - one of 14 - for shipment to India."

L/S of the large lorry moving slowly forward in large yard. M/S of the large steam train, an ex-NWR 2-8-0, on the trailer. The...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
18800
Sort Number:
G 1681
Time in/Out:
01:56:19:00 / 01:57:09:00
Canister:
G 1681
Film ID:
814.37
Issue Date:
30/01/1930

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  • The vehicle doing the pulling, (Reg. No. KD 9168), is a Scammell 100-ton Tractor, in the livery of Marston Road Services. (The vehicle is now housed at the British Commercial Vehicle Museum).

    The locomotive being transported is ex-NWR 2-8-0 engine Number 2654.

    jamied 3rd May 2012
  • More footage of this very same vehicle can be seen in clip 669.05.

    jamied 15th May 2012
  • Yet more footage of it in clips 824.02 and 871.18.

    jamied 15th May 2012
  • Thanks.

    British Pathé 23rd May 2012

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