394001 managed to escape, and has now been preserved being the first conversion. Luckily someone noticed its arrival
@Debbiestrainsandtoys4 ай бұрын
Yes that little shunter is on Spotlog Andrew
@railway.enthusiast772519 күн бұрын
Do you have his facebook?
@arthurmatthews93214 ай бұрын
I’ll give em a grand for that 91.
@joginns7784 ай бұрын
Interesting video makes you wonder where all the scrap will go when what's left of our steel industry has gone Scunthorpe blast furnace to go plus the two in South Wales, and yet the company that owns South Wales steelworks still have blast furnace in India TATA steel the company who own British steel from china has over 274 blast furnace working in china,
@roberthowlett93184 ай бұрын
China
@joginns7784 ай бұрын
@@roberthowlett9318 your right china owns British steel Scunthorpe and there shutting down the blast furnaces and yet in china they operate 275 blast furnaces it's the same with TATA steelworks in Wales who are owned by India who also operate lots of blast furnaces, so it seems they want shot of steel making in the UK s that we will end up buying there rubbish steel,
@andrewchaston5033 ай бұрын
Scrap is the future of steel making. This place will thrive
@joginns7783 ай бұрын
@@andrewchaston503 let's hope your right, that will upset the Chinese, there's a scrap yard in Newport that sends most of there scrap to china, and other countries,
@ThePanzer64 ай бұрын
Interesting, industrial shunters somewhat few and far between in the uk now
@MrJezza314 ай бұрын
394001 escaped, and is now preserved by NWPG.
@johnbradshaw75254 ай бұрын
I take it those wagons weren't being scrapped
@andrewscott70924 ай бұрын
Hi John, I'm not sure, I was talking to the driver who said these wagons have finished there working lives so normally next step is scrap