Not train related I know but thought I'd share a few photos I took today of the car transporter ship stranded on a sandbank in the Solent..
(http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/ww334/raxmk1/Ship/089A_zps428c253c.jpg) (http://s733.photobucket.com/user/raxmk1/media/Ship/089A_zps428c253c.jpg.html)
(http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/ww334/raxmk1/Ship/092A_zps5f19ee5e.jpg) (http://s733.photobucket.com/user/raxmk1/media/Ship/092A_zps5f19ee5e.jpg.html)
(http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/ww334/raxmk1/Ship/296A_zps8ac3c788.jpg) (http://s733.photobucket.com/user/raxmk1/media/Ship/296A_zps8ac3c788.jpg.html)
(http://i733.photobucket.com/albums/ww334/raxmk1/Ship/154A_zpsb9e9a674.jpg) (http://s733.photobucket.com/user/raxmk1/media/Ship/154A_zpsb9e9a674.jpg.html)
cheers, Stu.
Nice pictures Stu.
I haven't seen the news about this yet - did everyone get off the ship ok?
Thank you, yes I think everyone got off ok, just 1 with minor injuries, a lucky escape I think, apparently its full of brand new cars & was headed for Germany. They've now got to try & get it off the sandbank!!
cheers, Stu.
Quote from: mk1gtstu on January 04, 2015, 06:51:38 PM
Thank you, yes I think everyone got off ok, just 1 with minor injuries, a lucky escape I think, apparently its full of brand new cars & was headed for Germany. They've now got to try & get it off the sandbank!!
cheers, Stu.
Looks like there's gonna be a few paint jobs needed there then! ::)
A photographer on the Isle of Wight has photoshopped a huge "L" plate on the stern!
I wonder what has happened to the 3,000 cars on board?
I was always told to avoid brambles, interestingly, the ship is aground on the Brambles sand bank! :bounce: :bounce:
Peter.
Apparently it was a deliberate grounding after she developed a list. As to the cargo I suspect that will be one for the insurers. If it's shifted that might not make the salvage fun.
At least there is a handy place in the solent to park your ship in case of emergency, out of the traffic.