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Philip H

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Re: In case you need something big and heavy for your open pit mine
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2018, 01:24:01 PM »
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That’s not as expensive as I thought it would be.

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Re: In case you need something big and heavy for your open pit mine
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2018, 06:12:09 PM »
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Was the wheelie bar real, or just added to the model.
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Re: In case you need something big and heavy for your open pit mine
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2018, 06:40:22 PM »
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These shovels are electric. That's the reel for the high voltage umbilical.

http://www.earthmoversmagazine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/image-1.jpg

TrainCat had offered these back in 2013. He had two versions in a limited run, clean or weathered. Here's a thread from when he anounced them.

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=31555.0
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Re: In case you need something big and heavy for your open pit mine
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2018, 01:06:39 AM »
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No, for that model, the price isn't out of line.  Fortunately, I have absolutely no use for one, there not being a strip mine anywhere close to my railroad, except for the Berkeley Pit in Butte.
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Re: In case you need something big and heavy for your open pit mine
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2018, 11:57:53 AM »
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That's really not a bad price but too modern for me. There was plenty of strip mining in SE Ohio in time period I model being the mid 70's though.