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Mega Moves

Season 3 Episode 3: Long Locomotive

6 Seasons Mar 18, 2008 TV-PG 50m 7.2

Britain’s leading heavy hauler Andrew Goodman embarks on an epic one hundred day journey on road, rail and ocean to move a vintage 15F steam locomotive 7,000 miles from Bloemfontein in South Africa back to Glasgow, Scotland where it was originally built sixty years ago. The team face a tough set of obstacles hauling the 100-ton loco home. From dockside cranes that prove incapable of lifting the engine to severe ocean storms around South Africa’s treacherous coast. Can Andrew’s team haul i...

Season 3 Episodes:

Episode 1 Rescuing Ramesses

1. Rescuing Ramesses

Aired: Mar 4, 2008

In a special edition, we mark the 40th Anniversary of the greatest structural...

Episode 2 Risky Rescues

2. Risky Rescues

Aired: Mar 11, 2008

Two teams of building movers attempt two remarkable rescue missions - hauling...

Episode 3 Long Locomotive

3. Long Locomotive

Aired: Mar 18, 2008

Britain’s leading heavy hauler Andrew Goodman embarks on an epic one hundred ...

Episode 4 Wooden Wonders

4. Wooden Wonders

Aired: Apr 16, 2008

In Manitoba, we follow Canada’s leading heavy hauler Harold Minty relocate a ...

Episode 5 Historic Hulks

5. Historic Hulks

Aired: Apr 30, 2008

In Iowa, mansion mover Jeremy Patterson attempts to shift the huge 1,000-ton ...

Episode 6 Huge Homes

Aired: May 7, 2008

In Texas, we follow a building collector piece together a historic ‘time that...

Creators

Carlo Massarella

Carlo Massarella Director

Info about Mega Moves

Network: Channel 5

Production Countries: United Kingdom, Canada

Genres:Documentary