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Aberdeen rail turntable lift- should you be under that ?

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Aberdeen rail turntable lift- should you be under that ?

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:shock:

"An Aberdeen railway turntable which is more than 100 years old has been lowered back into place after being restored."

26 April 2018 : http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-nor ... d-43907937

Video of lift here - https://www.facebook.com/bbcscotlandnew ... 546429754/

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Re: Aberdeen rail turntable lift- should you be under that ?

Post by bernicarey »

Interesting question.
I suspect that it was necessary to watch the final alignment and possibly manually nudge it a mm or so at the end.
Looking at the lattice construction of the turntable, if it had dropped, the result would be like an old Buster Keaton movie; they stand still and it drops around them ;)

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Re: Aberdeen rail turntable lift- should you be under that ?

Post by Alexis »

.shaking Just because they drink juice made from girders, doesn't make them as strong as the girders they think they can carry on their shoulders! :lol:

A bit shocked! :shock:

Berni - Your link made me smile for the rest of the day.

Wonder what Buster would think of health and safety. ;)
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