100 Ton Train

A team of British engineers face the longest haul ever featured in Monster Moves : an epic 7,000 mile journey by road, rail and sea to transport a vintage, 100 ton steam locomotive from Bloemfontein in the heart of South Africa to Glasgow, Scotland. We follow Britain's leading heavy hauler Andrew Goodman and restoration engineer Jim Mitchell surmount a series of daunting challenges. Their plan to drive the locomotive 600 miles across the African Plains from Bloemfontein to Durban port on a truck backfires when transport police rule the vehicle incapable of handling the load. Can they find an alternative way of transporting the fragile 15F locomotive to the docks in time to catch their cargo ship to Glasgow, Scotland?, Documentary series following professionals who transport huge buildings and machines to different locations. A team of experts attempt to transport a vintage locomotive 10,000 km across two continents. The steam engine is being taken back to a museum Glasgow, the city where it was built, but first it must be removed from its resting place in the middle of the South African bush.