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The Ultimate Moving Experience, Part 1


Amazing Ways to Transport "Abnormal" (Oversize) Loads

MOVING LOCOMOTIVES:
(how they do it in EAST EUROPE)

What do you do when you need to transport a locomotive (or a vintage steam engine) over the usual highways to another city? Here is how they do it in the Eastern Europe (possibly Lithuania):

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Heavy Machinery, Construction

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MOVING LOCOMOTIVES:
(how they do it in NORTH AMERICA)

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Heavy Machinery, Construction

Heavy Machinery, Construction

Heavy Machinery, Construction

MOVING PLANES:
"SPRUCE GOOSE" FLYING BOAT, 1947

When it comes to moving "the Biggest Float Plane in the world" and the one with the "Largest Wing-span", it certainly will provide some stunning visuals. These are some shots from 1947 showing how it was done. (you can watch the move in detail in "The Aviator" movie)

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Heavy Machinery, Construction

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HOW THEY TRANSPORT FIGHTER JETS IN RUSSIA:

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