Weeting

[staddlestones]

Some pic's from the event. Apparantly, the driver of Lord Derby left the crane gear ingaged, so when reversing so it bent the supports holding the crane up. Oops

[weidner]

Originally Posted by staddlestones

Some pic's from the event. Apparantly, the driver of Lord Derby left the crane gear ingaged, so when reversing so it bent the supports holding the crane up. Oops

Ronald Clark did the same thing on ' Emperor ' at Woburn in 1960 . Tom Paisley was the owner , and was not amused .

Come to think of it , is this not the same crane gear , transferred from ' Emperor ' .

[Lancashire Lad]

Originally Posted by weidner

Ronald Clark did the same thing on ' Emperor ' at Woburn in 1960 . Tom Paisley was the owner , and was not amused .

Come to think of it , is this not the same crane gear , transferred from ' Emperor ' .

Yes.

[steamboy]

Originally Posted by staddlestones

Some pic's from the event. Apparantly, the driver of Lord Derby left the crane gear ingaged, so when reversing so it bent the supports holding the crane up. Oops

yes they did it was very entertaining to watch,just goes to show how much some people know about running engines.
i dont thing it bent anything it just wound up and over the pulley and crashed onto the deck.

my photos will be online soon fingers crossed the computer is still working by then.

glen