john Baker has pipped me at the post!
yes, in the UK, a lot of movement of rail vehicles is done by lorry (truck), allegedly as its cheaper. also, the fragmaentsation of the UK rail system has made it difficult to arrange movements that are out of the ordinary. Scap vehicles, repairs and so on go by road.
We have just had a rail crash in the north of England. Much of the clear-up is being done by road vehicles. A temporary road has been buit to the site. It used to be done much quicker with rail-mounted cranes.
The British rail situation is not a happy one.
Mind you, in France, a preservation society wanted to move a steam loco on a line with very few trains. The company owning the track said no, the gradient was too steep for it; problems could be caused, etc! So the society asked if a diesel could follow, "just in case". No, that was not acceptable, either. So it's travelling by road.
Madness! Don't let a different company take over your tracks or you'll have the same problems!
Eric Stuart
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