roythebus Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 1659320404143433 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I wonder how that got there? I assume on the back of a low-loader? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Depot Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 I must have looked a sight on the car ferry I guess! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Ah so we finally know where the secret tunnel inside Box tunnel leads to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 From memory, wasn't one of the two Channel Tunnel boring machines deliberately veered off course and left down there? I reckon it kept going and ended up somewhere near Ventnor... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 From memory, wasn't one of the two Channel Tunnel boring machines deliberately veered off course and left down there? I reckon it kept going and ended up somewhere near Ventnor... Maybe, and having risen at Ventnor, the Government sent it straight back down and off to Penzance. A secret HS3 which when announced to the public in three years will once and for all solve the issue of the sea wall at Dawlish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted September 30, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 30, 2017 Maybe, and having risen at Ventnor, the Government sent it straight back down and off to Penzance. A secret HS3 which when announced to the public in three years will once and for all solve the issue of the sea wall at Dawlish. No I think you'll find Crossrail 2 comes first. It'll surface somewhere around Tottenham allowing the IOW to become part of the tube network with Hertitage tube trains running special through services....... Dave 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Robert Shrives Posted October 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 1, 2017 Inspired getting a slim jim given the reduced loading gauge , just need a "careful" signaller at St Johns to let it out and down to the tunnels so we can see what a lowslim would look like ready for the enhancements to the mainline.. just a thought and off to get my coat! Robert Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D854_Tiger Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Should we attach any significance to it being a Slim Jim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Red Fox Posted October 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 1, 2017 I wonder how that got there? I assume on the back of a low-loader? Seems to have been quite a logistical challenge getting it there! My understanding is that the extra low low loader used to take it to the Island came from Spain and was shipped across to Poole. The loco was moved on to that low loader at the Swanage Railway, driven to Portsmouth where it was loaded on to Wightlink's St Clare. It was the heaviest load Wightlink have ever shipped. Does anyone know how the loco was discharged off the ferry in Fishbourne? From the pictures taken onboard it looks like the loco couldn't fit under the stowed mezzanine decks so despite being double ended the St Clare would have had to turn around so the low loader could reverse off?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Seems to have been quite a logistical challenge getting it there! Thanks for the info. Looking at the Facebook image of it stowed on board the ferry, it certainly does look like it would have to be reversed off. Fascinating stuff... https://www.facebook.com/iwsteamrailway/posts/1659387307470076 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted October 2, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 2, 2017 Hope they send it back again.... Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWCR Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Now loaded for return. Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher125 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Thanks for the info. Looking at the Facebook image of it stowed on board the ferry, it certainly does look like it would have to be reversed off. Fascinating stuff... https://www.facebook.com/iwsteamrailway/posts/1659387307470076 I don't believe so, there are photos of it being driven off forwards at Fishbourne. https://www.facebook.com/groups/366070303809648/permalink/392947624455249/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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