Bucyrus-Erie 1550W (Big Geordie) archive footage

Digger Blogger | 16:56, Sun October 31 2010

Here is a very interesting video clip taken from a vintage publicity film from around the 1970's showing the construction and working of one of the earthmoving legends of the UK coal mining scene. The Bucyrus- Erie 1550W which was known as Big Geordie.

This iconic machine was retired and parked up in 1993 and sadly cut up for scrap in 2003.

Thanks to Edward Duckworth for highlighting this video on our Facebook page.