Passed a wrapped up carriage going the opposite way (south) today on the M1 near Chesterfield - completely wrapped in a medium dark blue canvas - just the one carriage on a HGV trailer - any idea what it could have been ?
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Wrapped up carriage heading south on M1
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SpacePhoenix
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Don't know if all the Turbostars going from Scotrail to Southern have already gone south, if they haven't then it might be a coach from one of them going south
D365
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Southern aren't taking on any more 170s in the short term and why would it be going via Chesterfield?
gimmea50anyday
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Scotland to england the motorway route is eithet M6 onto M1 or A1 again onto M1. Seen plenty rolling stock at Washington services where driver takes a PNB and poloce hand over between Durham & Cleveland and Northumbria forces
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If it helps, I saw it on the M180, heading towards the M18 - I assumed it'd come into one of the ports on the East coast...
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Which port are the IEP coaches being delivered to from Japan atm?
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The bodyshells are being imported via Tyne Dock for transport to the Newton Aycliffe factory for fitting out and final assembly. Following completion at Newton Aycliffe, I would have thought that finished production units would be delivered by rail, rather than individual vehicles by road, but could be mistaken.
Compete speculation could it be a second 385 unit heading to the NR test track (High Marnham) but the 385s not having the paperwork for drag yet?
[The first unit having gone to Velim]
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