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cos918

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Russian Tug
« on: July 08, 2009, 02:11:43 am »

Found this most interesting.

John

http://englishrussia.com/?p=1676
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Re: Russian Tug
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2009, 08:38:01 am »

An incredible machine, love it
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Re: Russian Tug
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2009, 09:12:18 am »

That is one masive machine  , and on the small scale it could retreve your heavy boats from the water without bending over  :-)) .
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Re: Russian Tug
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2009, 10:03:25 am »

That is some monster.
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Re: Russian Tug
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2009, 12:21:00 pm »

We have a similar marine railway in Ontario. Not nearly as big as the Russian job, but certainly just as interesting. Ours is on the Trent-Severn waterway system near Bala. Its the last lock before the canal/waterway enters Georgian Bay.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeAmril0mpI

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