West Ruislip
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By rail? Interesting.
No, all vehicles are leaving by road.
Thursday's media event will revolve around the 800 on the back of a lorry in front of the ship.
By rail? Interesting.
They'll be going by road as no-one will have gauge cleared them from Southampton.
Could they not have been gauge cleared whilst not in the country? I'm sure I read somewhere that GBRf were to haul the first sets up from Southampton as well as provide drivers for the testing.
This. We know their exact size and everything about them; it's nonsensical to have to transport them by road when there's literally nothing stopping gauge clearing as it is.
Right on.So you want someone to go out and spend a load of money on checking and, if necessary, altering platforms and other structures all along the chosen route from Southampton for the delivery of the dozen trains that will be built in Japan. Trains which most likely will never run that way again in their lives.
There are far better things to spend money on, like gauge-clearing the routes they will actually work in future.
So you want someone to go out and spend a load of money on checking and, if necessary, altering platforms and other structures all along the chosen route from Southampton for the delivery of the dozen trains that will be built in Japan. Trains which most likely will never run that way again in their lives.
There are far better things to spend money on, like gauge-clearing the routes they will actually work in future.
No-one is proposing to fully gauge clear the route if you run into problems. On the other hand, we can check the gauge of the route against the profile of the train, and if no/very easy modifications are possible then the decision can be made as to whether it's worth it.
No-one is proposing to fully gauge clear the route if you run into problems. On the other hand, we can check the gauge of the route against the profile of the train, and if no changes are needed/very easy modifications are possible then the decision can be made as to whether it's worth it.
No-one is proposing to fully gauge clear the route if you run into problems. On the other hand, we can check the gauge of the route against the profile of the train, and if no changes are needed/very easy modifications are possible then the decision can be made as to whether it's worth it.
Is it running late arriving at Southampton? Not seen any mention in the news of its arrival
Who clears them to pass down the roads for the one time in their existence they are likely to do so?
I imagine that's the job of the haulage company, though the road network is rather more flexible in terms of routing!
I'm sure that it's easier for the haulage companies to figure this out as it won't be the first time they are moving large loads on many of the roads. To them it's just a 26m x 3m x 4m box.To an extent but I would have thought the railways would be able to have a cheaper rough guess as to if a train will fit along the railway line than a road haulier will as to if it will fit on the back of a trailer under every bridge and around every corner on the road.
I'm sure that it's easier for the haulage companies to figure this out as it won't be the first time they are moving large loads on many of the roads. To them it's just a 26m x 3m x 4m box.
To an extent but I would have thought the railways would be able to have a cheaper rough guess as to if a train will fit along the railway line than a road haulier will as to if it will fit on the back of a trailer under every bridge and around every corner on the road.
"Arriva fail to understand the meaning of rail replacement bus service"
Quite interesting on the whole, and generally true, although with one or two errors.The first "Super Express" train, that will replace ageing trains in the UK, has arrived from Japan.
Shipped to Southampton, the train is part of the £7.5bn modernisation of the Great Western railway line.
It will be used as a test train by staff on the rail network from April.
The 122 trains, which are longer and faster than those currently in service, are expected to start carrying passengers in 2017.
Produced by Hitachi for the Intercity Express Programme, the trains will be used on Great Western and East Coast lines...
Rolling stock is trucked around by road all the time. There are companies who specialise in such things, and will know how to do it. In general though, a single carrige isn't really that large a job for these people, either by weight or dimensionally, not when compared to some of the stuff they have to move.
They did a good job of making the IC125 look old... pictures in BR livery and black & whiteQuite interesting on the whole, and generally true, although with one or two errors.
Quite the opposite.To an extent but I would have thought the railways would be able to have a cheaper rough guess as to if a train will fit along the railway line than a road haulier will as to if it will fit on the back of a trailer under every bridge and around every corner on the road.
Especially since they would certainly be using exactly the same trailers onto which the trains were loaded and driven onto the ship in Japan.
Other than picking out a buffer fitted power car for the "Top Trumps" card, which I think marrs the timeless lines of the trains, I thought that they showed the HST sets in a fairly positive light: The iconic Intercity swallow livery, and then an immediately post-launch shot of a set "stretching its' legs" out of Kings Cross. With regard to the latter image, I don't think that the new trains will create anywhere near as much of a stir or a lasting legacy when the first few depart Kings Cross!They did a good job of making the IC125 look old... pictures in BR livery and black & white