On 26/01/2011 13:49, Paul Scott wrote:
"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
...

The impressive thing about Northam is that it caters for a large fleet
of trains on a very compact site. They are fortunate in having the old
docks branch lines as a capacious head shunt. Must admit I was
surprised that they didn't opt for a part of Eastleigh works though.

Wasn't there a theory at the time that it was only by building elsewhere
that Siemens could recruit a whole new workforce, ie mainly people who
didn't work for Alstom at Eastleigh?

In which case why not go to Bournemouth?


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