First GBRf Class 99s arrive in the UK

[onyx(John)]

 

[maltrab]

They can do all that with ease, yet you try getting a delivery from Yodel the next day

 

[Roger]

It's a pity we had to buy them from Spain. Don't we make locomotives in the UK anymore?

 

[maltrab]

It's a pity we had to buy them from Spain. Don't we make locomotives in the UK anymore?

Only Japanese ones by Hitachi

 

[BruceC]

It's a pity we had to buy them from Spain. Don't we make locomotives in the UK anymore?

Seems the same in Australia... we can make all sortsof things.... yet we buy from overseas...
EG: few billion worth of submarines from overseas - or the joke that is teh Tasmanian Ferry that was built overseas that doesnt fit in the docks an we are paying 50k to store it in Scotland LOL