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The return to the United Kingdom of one of the last steam powered lorries built.

The circumstances that led to it's production were unique. In Argentina a large coal deposit had been found and it was determined that for it to be fully viable it needed to be rail connected. However it would cost too much to both develop the coal mine and build the railroad.

It was determined however that on a short term basis, steam powered lorries could be used to haul the coal to port economically enough to allow the sale of the coal mined to raise the funds necessary to build the railroad. So in what was the last large order of steam powered lorries 100 Sentinel 'S6' lorries were built and shipped out.

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<blockquote data-quote="Graham1973" data-source="post: 757117" data-attributes="member: 5791">The return to the United Kingdom of one of the last steam powered lorries built. The circumstances that led to it's production were unique. In Argentina a large coal deposit had been found and it was determined that for it to be fully viable it needed to be rail connected. However it would cost too much to both develop the coal mine and build the railroad. It was determined however that on a short term basis, steam powered lorries could be used to haul the coal to port economically enough to allow the sale of the coal mined to raise the funds necessary to build the railroad. So in what was the last large order of steam powered lorries 100 Sentinel 'S6' lorries were built and shipped out.[MEDIA=youtube]NyW6nVz611s[/MEDIA]<a href="https://youtu.be/NyW6nVz611s?si=YksFXk_tq0Lze3-b" target="_blank">View: https://youtu.be/NyW6nVz611s?si=YksFXk_tq0Lze3-b</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Graham1973, post: 757117, member: 5791"] The return to the United Kingdom of one of the last steam powered lorries built. The circumstances that led to it's production were unique. In Argentina a large coal deposit had been found and it was determined that for it to be fully viable it needed to be rail connected. However it would cost too much to both develop the coal mine and build the railroad. It was determined however that on a short term basis, steam powered lorries could be used to haul the coal to port economically enough to allow the sale of the coal mined to raise the funds necessary to build the railroad. So in what was the last large order of steam powered lorries 100 Sentinel 'S6' lorries were built and shipped out. [MEDIA=youtube]NyW6nVz611s[/MEDIA] [i][url=https://youtu.be/NyW6nVz611s?si=YksFXk_tq0Lze3-b]View: https://youtu.be/NyW6nVz611s?si=YksFXk_tq0Lze3-b[/url][/i] [/QUOTE]

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