Rob K Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 There was a story on the news ( TVE1) today that new stock bought in the north will not fit through tunnels in Asturias and Cantabria. Sounded serious enough to get the president of the region on to discuss it. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob K Posted February 10, 2023 Author Share Posted February 10, 2023 This story keeps running here and it seems that some people have lost their jobs because of it. Also got into Daily Telegraph in UK ( pay wall for full story and very much not my choice of paper !) 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
icn Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Some more in here - sounds like the stock wasn't actually built yet, although I'm not sure how much to trust the article given that they appear to be confusing loading gauge and track gauge (from what I can tell this is an actual narrow gauge network in addition to the loading gauge issues): https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2023/02/spain-spends-258m-in-trains-that-dont-fit-through-its-tunnels/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted February 11, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 11, 2023 Its not uncommon here either.... <cough> Stadler 'Basils' units for GA <cough> Andy G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neal Ball Posted February 16, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 16, 2023 Its also been reported in one of the Spanish papers: https://www.euronews.com/travel/2023/02/10/unspeakable-botch-spain-spends-258-million-on-trains-that-are-too-big-for-its-tunnels 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGomez Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 Not an uncommon occurance by the look of it.... 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted February 21, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2023 Heads have begun to roll - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64717605 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 21, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2023 6 hours ago, RFS said: Heads have begun to roll - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64717605 "Renfe and infrastructure operator Adif have launched a joint investigation to find out how the error could have happened." Those of us who live in Spain will probably have a good idea! Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinRS Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 This is a prime example of what happens when you run OO stock on an HO layout. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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