Bucyrus-Erie 2570W Drag Line On The Move Near Shelburn Indiana

This video was shot by a local TV station videographer.

The drag line, a Bucyrus-Erie 2570W, named Old Glory is on its way from the Farmersburg Mine to Bear Run Mine near Dugger, Indiana. The 18 mile walk is expected to take a least a month since the dragline 'walks' at a blazing speed of 1/10 mile per hour.

Old Glory is owned by Peabody Energy of Saint Louis, Missouri. At 13-million pounds(5897 metric tons), the 2570W weighs more than 150 Boeing 737-700 jetliners. It is 220-feet high (67 meters) and swings a 335-foot boom (102 meters) with a maximum operating radius of 300 feet (91.4 meters), the length of an American Football field. This boom carries a 115-cubic-yard (88 cubic meters) bucket capable of moving a 335,000 pound (152 metric tons) payload. The machine sits on a tub spanning 80 feet (24 meters) in diameter and walks with two "shoes" measuring 72 feet (22 meters) in length by 14 feet (4.2 Meters) in width. The size is necessary to lift and advance the dragline's massive frame.

This video was shot as the huge electrically operated machine crosses Indiana Highway 48 just east of Shelburn Indiana.

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• Bucyrus-Erie
• 2570W
• dragline
• drag line
• Shelburn
• Indiana
• strip mine
• stripmine
• coal
• coal mine
• old glory

[NickHey]

fk that is big

[larrywanders]

@NickHey It sure is. It weighs about 13,000,000 pounds.

[Manjula009]

how to transport this machines ? :S..part by part ?

[larrywanders]

@Manjula009 It depends on how far the machine must be moved. In this instance it "walked" under its own power. There are two 'feet' underneath that move the drag line backwards. The bucket is placed on the ground, then one foot plate is raised and moved back (see video at 0:57).

The behemoth walks at about .25 miles per hour or .4km/h

[NickHey]

@larrywanders Now that i have started in the mining sector, i drive past one of those models twice a day :) And it is even bigger when you walk up to it!!

[Manjula009]

@larrywanders wow.. really this is unbelievable. Thanks a lot for the info :)

[Vectorr4Emperor]

I see a spot were I could nap in that shoe...

[Killercore20]

Put a car under it!

[ankeshfuck]

amazing...

[trainfart]

Beeindruckende Aufnahmen, Great!!