100 Ton Train

Monster Moves: Season 3: Episode 3

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100 Ton Train

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Discovery | Channel Five | Air Date: March 18, 2008
Summary: A team of British engineers face the longest haul ever featured in Monster Moves : an epic 7,000 mile journey by road, rail and sea to transport a vintage, 100 ton steam locomotive from Bloemfontein in the heart of South Africa to Glasgow, Scotland. We follow Britain's leading heavy hauler Andrew Goodman and restoration engineer JimA team of British engineers face the longest haul ever featured in Monster Moves : an epic 7,000 mile journey by road, rail and sea to transport a vintage, 100 ton steam locomotive from Bloemfontein in the heart of South Africa to Glasgow, Scotland. We follow Britain's leading heavy hauler Andrew Goodman and restoration engineer Jim Mitchell surmount a series of daunting challenges. Their plan to drive the locomotive 600 miles across the African Plains from Bloemfontein to Durban port on a truck backfires when transport police rule the vehicle incapable of handling the load. Can they find an alternative way of transporting the fragile 15F locomotive to the docks in time to catch their cargo ship to Glasgow, Scotland? Expand
Genre(s): Reality, Documentary

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