Moving railway carriages by road
 

I'm sure I'm not the only one to have astounded by the madness of moving railways locomotives and carriages by road in recent years. They are big heavy things and run beautifully on rails but on roads??? Have a look at this news item this morning when a transport got stuck being transported across London, of all places:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...orry-carrying/

Looks like a SPAD incident.
All the Best.Stuart.

I don't get it either!

Perhaps there are occasions when a coach has problems (severe wheel flat ?) that make transport by rail a problem.

For heritage stock it could be that rail is too expensive ?:(

There are many different reasons for moving stock by road, as Philip states it could just be down to the fact that the vehicle is unfit to be moved by rail. Arranging the paperwork such as a FTR exam and routes etc is costly and time consuming and there are a few specialist hauliers out there who are experts in moving items reasonably quickly by road, and very competitive price wise.
As someone who has been involved in moving a loco around the country on a few occasions I am very aware of the costs. I won't go into exact prices but I will say what we pay to move 45337 by road would be the equivalent of buying a four year old small car. To do it by rail would probably be twice as expensive.

Cheers John

"The 10.45 to Guildford will be arriving on a Wynnes low loader at the front of the station"
For it to cost more to move a locomotive or coach by rail than by road is truly the economics of the madhouse. Before the days of computers and university educated "fast track" entrants, such movements were the "bread and butter" jobs for the railways.

I'm always impressed when I see Abbey Road in Llangollen closed from the road bridge to Eisteddfod showground carpark for the locomotive low loader transport to reverse up to the sheds.
The team have got it down to a fine art.

JEB-245584/2 has hit the button on the head, the cost of arranging a path to move either an engine or coach is astronomical and not always convenient, whilst by road it is cheaper and easier.

Davat.