Daylight road haulage of rolling stock attracts crowd of 30,000

[bikkuri bahn]

In conjunction with Kudamatsu City promoting itself as a manufacturing city, Hitachi demonstrated a rare daylight road haulage of a class 800 bodyshell destined for the U.K. along public streets.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=9MSUAGrNX7U

[bill937ca]

A reported crowd of 30,000.

 

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201703060043.html

[Claude_Dreyfus]

That is probably the most easterly a Great Western train has ever been. And they did travel a bit; 18000 in Vienna, King George V in the States and Pendennis Castle in Australia...

[railsquid]

I look forward to seeing the first Japan-bound commuter train from Bombardier being paraded through the streets of Derby :P

[Claude_Dreyfus]

The last Bombardier product to be moved by road in the UK also made the headlines...

 

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.standard.co.uk/news/london/southern-rail-trains-delays-motorists-after-becoming-stuck-at-junction-in-southeast-london-a3426161.html%3Famp

 

Oops.

Edited March 7, 2017 by Claude_Dreyfus

[bill937ca]

Typical Bombardier.  

[bikkuri bahn]

Last month, a group of Kasado-built GWR liveried units on a barge in Mihara Port, Hiroshima Prefecture, presumably making a stop en route before going on to Kobe to be loaded on a dedicated transport ship bound for the U.K.

Edited March 9, 2017 by bikkuri bahn