{"id":8260,"date":"2024-09-05T02:29:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T02:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/alstom-anxious-hitachi-hopeful-1\/"},"modified":"2024-09-05T02:29:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T02:29:31","slug":"alstom-anxious-hitachi-hopeful-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/alstom-anxious-hitachi-hopeful-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Alstom Anxious : Hitachi Hopeful (1)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Firstly : Metro-Cammell Moribund<\/span><\/p>\n But Google Maps and Google Earth do show a huge scorched earth site just to the west of the northern end of Washwood Heath.<\/p>\n This is to be the mega depot for HS2 which, if Rishi and Keir have their evil way, won’t actually need all of it!<\/p><\/div>\n … and here is part of the aerial view spun round to match the works picture’s orientation.<\/p>\n The circular “holes” where once stood the two gas holders will help our readers’ geographical orientation – or even help them know where they are! Further help comes from Open Street Map.<\/p>\n Gas holder imprint is middle left! The road alongside the depot is Warren Road.<\/p>\n Leigh Primary School stands sentinel to one of the Metro Cammell entrance gates as was!<\/p>\n For a while he company was known as Metro Cammell Weyman and was also a manufacturer of buses …<\/p>\n … a whole heap of Networkers …<\/p>\n … and the Adelantes<\/p>\n These are now with Grand Central.<\/p>\n But Metro also once made much humbler train vehicles as here …<\/p>\n … with the Presflo cement and salt wagons.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p><\/div>\n As a somewhat smaller project the two original MAGLEV cars for Birmingham Airport were built by MetCam just along the road.<\/p>\n