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  • Slip-up sends former BTC Maid back into the loch

    Slip-up sends former BTC Maid back into the loch

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    A MUCH-PUBLICISED exercise to take PS Maid of the Loch out of Loch Lomond using Balloch’s steam-powered slipway cradle on Thursday, January 10, came to an abrupt halt at 1.35pm when a cable snapped and the 555-ton railway paddle steamer ran back into the loch out of control. Workers, who were fitting blocks under the…

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