Corus Torpedo Train

[Barlow991]

Thank fuck i work in the cold mill for now lol

but still packing coils is fucking hard work

[JayJr2007]

Awesome.

[doodlecoma]

Thanks for the quick response i worked in the maintenance control section in the cling ladle shop and was reponsible for setting up the maintenance on the torpedoes until coming to Australia in 1972

[doodlecoma]

I worked at bsc when the torpedo ladles first arrived about 1970 i thonk they were 200t. These look a bit like the originals does anyone know if they are?

[tfsphoto]

@doodlecoma Yes these are the originals.

[ThePhantoManiaC]

Nice material

[beef12123]

i used to put lids on them twats lol

[BudmanPackfan]

funny looking twats!  lol

[brian6660]

for those in the know and they know who they are not a nice place to be when one of these beauties blow out especially when it takes out another torp and a Loco to boot safety out of the window

[tfsphoto]

nope, we had one split its guts while on the pouring station a few months back.. wasnt very nice running as fast as you can with molten metal pouring around you from the gantry.. plant was shutdown for 6 days due to that.

[CCWSig]

I don't know the capacity but they look BIG. Mittal cleveland our biggest bottle cars are 300 ton

[tfsphoto]

They are 450t

[OffroadingBoyo]

Any idea how much Iron those babies hold?

WE have some - smallest hold 250 tonnes the biggest hold 350 tonnes each.

Nice to see that some people take pride in their workplace hlst9 - NOT