[jambutty]

Fascinating programme although I haven’t watched it every week.

Last week the back axel of a tanker train broke through the ice and it was only the weight of the front end that stopped the lot from sliding to oblivion.

After many hours at night with the trucks behind piling up, the recovery team managed to pull it clear. The other highlight was a young guy transporting a huge drum that was so tall and so wide that the whole rig was continually on the verge of tipping over. Then when he got it to the destination the coupling of the suspension bogies was frozen solid and wouldn’t uncouple.

Oh yes! There was the guy whose cab didn’t have any heating (it was only 40 below) and he started to get frostbite in his feet.

One of the reasons why we electrified our railways instead of using diesel electric locomotives was, that in cold weather the diesel fuel went all gooey. I wonder how those trucks went on in temperatures well below what we ever get?