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21-05-2014, 02:26 PM
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Just to make your day.

The French train operator SNCF has discovered that 2,000 new trains it ordered at a cost of 15bn euros ($20.5bn; £12.1bn) are too wide for many regional platforms.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27497727
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21-05-2014, 02:53 PM
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That's got the 'feel good' factor about it
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21-05-2014, 05:27 PM
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Typical - obviously a man designed them
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21-05-2014, 07:31 PM
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Trust the french !
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21-05-2014, 07:49 PM
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Why am I delighted, that's what happens when you have too many 'Experts' on the job.
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21-05-2014, 08:13 PM
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I think someone slipped in an "inches ruler" for a metric one!

and before my very eyes it appears on early morning news in OZ! rolling stock =laughing stock!
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21-05-2014, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by gumbud ->
I think someone slipped in an "inches ruler" for a metric one!

and before my very eyes it appears on early morning news in OZ! rolling stock =laughing stock!
I suppose the next brilliant EU move will be to make all the regional platforms in France narrower, God preserve us all, these people are supposed to be leading us.
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22-05-2014, 12:20 AM
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God preserve us all, these people are supposed to be leading us.
they are !! - by the nose into doom - but don't worry too much we have a coalition govt here doing the same thing - robbing the poor to pay to the rich - not what robin hood would have done!
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23-05-2014, 03:49 PM
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Can't they just send them back and get a refund?
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23-05-2014, 04:15 PM
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Re: Just to make your day.

Originally Posted by Curmudgeon ->
The French train operator SNCF has discovered that 2,000 new trains it ordered at a cost of 15bn euros ($20.5bn; £12.1bn) are too wide for many regional platforms.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27497727
I suppose it is slightly comforting to know that the creeping incompetence we experience in the UK isn't just us!

Is it something to do with oxygen depletion in the atmosphere perhaps or are they putting something into the water world-wide?!

Am I alone in thinking that one small step for man appears to be a giant ooops into oblivion lately? stevmk2
 
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