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From Ged Flannery at 2008-01-15 10:05:41 : This is a sight which takes me back 30 years,I can remember when Consett Steel mill was still in production.These "Torpedoes" would be hauled along the Durham coast from Hartlepol/Redcar/to Conset.The consist was a class thirty seven with a air piped brake van at each end two barrier trucks and a Torpedo in the middle.The heat these things gave off was amazing,I remember when it was raining and the hiss of the Water as it vapourised on the outside of the Torpedo,good days.