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Hi TimT, looks like quite the epic field trip. Thanks so much for sharing these great pics. I'm really stoked for the upcoming CCM model. I've been hoping for a model of this for some time and I'm glad I didn't have to go the custom route (although an oilsands RH400 would look great with the TWH Bucyrus Syncrude shovel). Take care and all the best.
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Tim,
Great opportunity !
That is Eric Orlemann and Keith Haddock in the first photograph?
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That be us...ecotitan 
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Yep, Like Eric said, ..That be them! The three of us did have an epic trip to say the least. These are just a small sample of the all the machines and mines we were able to see up close and personal..... Lots has changed from those day now though... Very hard to get into any of the big operations like that. I am very glad I was able to visit many of the largest mines in Canada and the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. And many mines in West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, and PA. All were spectacular trips and involved the largest machines on earth. We saw all the biggest hyd shovels, 685 Demag, Komatsu 740OS, 485 Demag, The very first prototype Hitachi EX 8000 Shovel,EX 5500's and these were the days when many of these big shovels, both hyd and electric were being developed for the oil sand mines. These mines became the reason for the 400 ton trucks and BIG shovels. The Cat 797 was developed with input from Syncrude, same with the 930E, 960E, Liebherr 282's etc. Not the sole reason but a major driving force was the oilsands. Maybe the largest concentration of very large equipment in one area on the planet. A close second would the PRB Wyoming. We aslo toured several coal mines in BC and Alberta
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That first picture is awesome and the RH400 was one of the excavators that just made my jaw drop when I first stumbled into the world of models and big machines 12 years ago.
Scania V8. The best sounding truck in the world.
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Hi Tim, long time no chat !!!! As discussed a few years' back, you were not able (and from what you said you did not know at that time) to visit the big iron ore mines in North eastern Quebec, such as Fermont's Arcelor Mittal mine, Wabush in Labrador City, etc... They now have 797Fs, 7495s and 4100XPCs to name a few, also the big drill rigs such as 320XPC and 49HR, Let 1850 and and a high number of 793s, from Cs through Fs... I have some interesting pics of an old Demag 485 in dismantling process, some early Cat 6060s (now gone elsewhere), D11Ts and 10s, 24M and so on... Thanks to a great friend of mine which and I'll keep the name to preserve his identity these pics are very cool...
Pat
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