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« on: July 13, 2009, 06:34:27 »
Not the UKs▸ (United Kingdom) newest steam loco, but a category F3 tornado in the US

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azV5bC2br-Q

I'll add that there were no reported casualties, although 196 nearby residents were evacuated because of 1 'Hazmat' vehicle in the consist.
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« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2009, 22:31:03 »
Interesting, thanks.
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« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2009, 00:52:14 »
you know how to get views with headlines dont you!  Grin
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« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2009, 02:32:50 »
Quote from: relex109 on July 14, 2009, 00:52:14
you know how to get views with headlines dont you!  Grin

Hehe....I even considered just posting the link and nothing else. Truth is I was trawling YouTube for clips of 60613 Tornado and like many I saw the headline and thought 'ooh, that's news to me'.

Good job really that it was a freight train. If that tornado had hit a FGW▸ (First Great Western) 142/143 it would flown right out of Kansas and ended up somewhere over the rainbow with a bunch of Munchkins gathered round...
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