(apologies if someone else has gotten to this in the past!)
So I've been to Aberdeen a couple times, and have taken a TON of photos, most with a non-digital camera, so they haven't been scanned yet.
But the last time I went, I did have my digital camera. And having heard in the past that Aberdeen had one of the two remaining Elephants (Ferdinand w/ mg), I made sure to quiz the staff about where it was.
Although technically trespassing on the active base part of the Proving grounds, the museum people said it likely would not cause any problems for me to take some pictures of the Elephant they do have... rather, the ferdinand they sort of have...
Apparently, the proving grounds museum was moving the Elephant in hopes of refurbishing the beast- and in the process of attempting to load it onto a train car, it broke the crane being used.
And there wasn't a stronger crane available, or some such.
Hence, at least as of last time I went- maybe slightly more than a year ago- this is one of the two remaining specimens of this incredibly interesting vehicle.
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