Ruston Bucyrus Cable Excavators.

[IBH]

61RB:

[IBH]

[martyn williams]

Thanks for posting IBH,hope to get up there one day to see them at work.
Martyn

[Jeremy Rowland]

Nice pics IBH keep em coming.

Thanks

Jeremy

[davemg6]

i hope you would be interested in this one, ruston bucyrus steam shovel,in working condition.it was sent to australia via suez canal,it was assembled and worked on the canal for a year,dissmantled again,carried on to geelong,near melbourne and worked there until late 60"s.it sat unused and rusting until 2000-02 approx and was aquired by the lake goldsmith preservation society and two years ago thay had it up and running again

[Renaultman]

Nice pics, is that a Bedford SN and an Euclid R27.

[MasterofSparks]

Ruston Steam Navy in action at Knowl Hill rally a few years ago. Fantastic to watch, looked really hard work to control.

Gentleman who owned it has since sold it on. Believe its now in trust in the Norwich?? area.

[martyn williams]

Hello Dan
Have you seen the video of this machine at work on the cranes and excavator videos by Geoff Lewis ?
Martyn

[John Gaunt]

Hi Dave, that's an impressive piece of kit, do you know what it was mining at Geelong ?
I'm just curious because I've been to Geelong many years ago.

[davemg6]

hi john


No. 4 Face Shovel was built by Ruston Hornsby of Lincoln, England and tops the scales at 90 tons. The Australian Portland Cement Company Limited, who donated the No. 4 Face Shovel to the club, imported the unit in 1923 to work in their Fyansford (Geelong) Quarry and worked there until 1958.