The weather was nice today so we went out for a long drive in our rolling, socially distanced metal box. We saw that streetcar rig pulled over on the shoulder of the westbound lane. I did a uey and pulled off on the shoulder of the eastbound lane to have a look. It looked like an Alstom Citadis Spirit. I don't know where it was headed other than west.
Nice find. How often do you see a tramcar being trucked westbound?
ReplyDeleteThere is always someone who wants to be first at something. Who would have thought someone would take a street car on the highway?
This is the first time I've seen something like this, and it was just luck as we had no idea this complete streetcar body was being transported. Luckily there was almost no traffic on this stretch of Hwy 7 at the time - basically, there were no cars at all - so I could pull over to take some quick pictures. This would make for a very impressive 1/24 scale static model, or an HO scale one that made use of the Faller system for the truck.
DeleteHeaded to Toronto...
ReplyDeletehttps://blog.metrolinx.com/2019/05/22/on-track-your-first-view-of-torontos-crosstowns-light-rail-vehicles-in-motion/
Thanks!
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