This morning many people would of spotted a GNER train waiting on M1
Junction 10 (in the holding bay).

Anyone know why they transport trains on the roads and was train waiting on
the M1 involved in the derailment this week?

daveF

"df" wrote in message ...
This morning many people would of spotted a GNER train waiting on M1
Junction 10 (in the holding bay).

Anyone know why they transport trains on the roads and was train waiting on
the M1 involved in the derailment this week?

Bit of a coincidence if not. Probably the loco's wheels etc were damaged in
the derailment and so it can't be moved far by rail I suspect.

B2003

In article , df wrote:
This morning many people would of spotted a GNER train waiting on M1
Junction 10 (in the holding bay).

Anyone know why they transport trains on the roads and was train
waiting on the M1 involved in the derailment this week?

With the fragmentation of the rail industry it's now cheaper than
transporting them by rail in many cases

"Stimpy" wrote in message
...

With the fragmentation of the rail industry it's now cheaper than
transporting them by rail in many cases

Not really anything to do with the fragmentation of the industry. It's been
happening since BR days. With increased service frequency and faster
services it simply isn't possible to path movements of shunting locomotives
or defective (speed-restricted) main-line locomotives and/or stock between
scheduled services. There isn't the time for them to get from one passing
loop to another without causing chaos to the timetabled service. Therefore
it is far more logical to send them on the back of a lorry.

On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:49:31 +0100, Jack Taylor wrote:
it is far more logical to send them on the back of a lorry.

Alrigtht mate, manna buy a train? Going cheap, fell of the back of a lorry
if you know what I mean, nudge nudge say no more.

In message , Stimpy
writes
With the fragmentation of the rail industry it's now cheaper than
transporting them by rail in many cases

How do you transport a loco by rail, when the OHL has such a small
clearance under some bridges?
--
Roland Perry

df wrote:

This morning many people would of spotted a GNER train waiting on M1
Junction 10 (in the holding bay).

Anyone know why they transport trains on the roads and was train waiting on
the M1 involved in the derailment this week?

daveF

I saw a Virgin Pendolino carriage on the M6 near Coventry last month!

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...

How do you transport a loco by rail, when the OHL has such a small
clearance under some bridges?

On its wheels. The problem is lack of paths and the cost of them do the
obvious. Consequently putting it on a low-loader and taking it by road is
more economical than dragging it along the rails to the repair shop.
--
Terry Harper, Web Co-ordinator, The Omnibus Society
http://www.omnibussoc.org
E-mail:
URL: http://www.terry.harper.btinternet.co.uk/

I saw the low loader at Bounds Green MTV at 7.30pm on Thursday night, that
would fit with the load being the derailed Kings Cross engine




"Dr. Sunil" wrote in message
...
df wrote:

This morning many people would of spotted a GNER train waiting on M1
Junction 10 (in the holding bay).

Anyone know why they transport trains on the roads and was train waiting
on
the M1 involved in the derailment this week?

daveF

I saw a Virgin Pendolino carriage on the M6 near Coventry last month!

Roland Perry wrote in message
...
In message , Stimpy
writes
With the fragmentation of the rail industry it's now cheaper than
transporting them by rail in many cases

How do you transport a loco by rail, when the OHL has such a small
clearance under some bridges?
--


Let the tyres down? lol

daveF