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Started by: ena malcup (4151)
They were quite impressive.
The largest (in USA) had a bucket that could accommodate "two Greyhound buses side by side!"
The two or three builders of them, stateside, eventually were taken over by Caterpillar.
A lot of the local opencast kit was built by Ruston Bucyrus. Bucyrus (Erie) was the American manufacturer, and Ruston, the Lincolnshire excavator manufacturer built a lot of UK stuff.
Photos and books of the period have become collectors items.
Replied: 26th Jan 2024 at 17:35