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Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60

by fahrradflucht on 2/10/24, 6:28 AM with 11 comments

• by defrost on 2/11/24, 10:25 AM

  Is this the right thread to mention Bagger 288?

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagger_288

  Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pb00bMg1iE

  Pop Culture Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azEvfD4C6ow

• by flohofwoe on 2/11/24, 10:13 AM

  It was impressive driving by those behemoth digging machines when I travelled by train to Berlin in the 90's. Now two and a half decades later most of the East German lignite mines have been turned into lakes surrounded by nature. Definitely a change for the better :)

• by thih9 on 2/11/24, 11:25 AM

  Google street view from the excavation site, showing other machines and F60 further in the distance: https://www.google.de/maps/@51.5812302,14.2375135,3a,68.8y,1...

• by butterknife on 2/11/24, 1:46 PM

  Virtual guide to PRODECO KK1300. Audio in Czech only.

  https://www.sdas.cz/prohlidkaprovozu/kk1300/

• by dimman on 2/11/24, 12:57 PM

  Imagine Parker Schnabel borrowing one of these for a season, that’d be something.