A driver had a lucky escape when a 57-ton locomotive on its way from Skipton to London slipped off the back of a lorry and slid down the road, crashing into a car.
Massive disruption followed the crash on the A59 in Harrogate after the low loader carrying the brand new Swiss-made track-laying unit shed its load.
The lorry was going up a hill on Skipton Road in the town when the engine slipped its chains, according to a police spokesman. It is understood that one of the chains snapped.
No one was hurt in the accident, although the drivers of the car and low-loading lorry were shaken.
The road was blocked while the locomotive was lifted back on to the low loader at about 7.30pm last night. It got moving again at 9.30pm and the road was finally opened at 11pm.
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