> Graeme Wall wrote:
>> In message <6ig8a2Fp3k00U1@
mid.individual.net>
>> John Williamson
btinternet.com> wrote:
>> >>> Graeme Wall wrote:
>>>
>> [snip]
>>>> Is there any commercial traffic on the canal system these days, MSC
>>>> excepted?
>>>>
>>
>> I like their bit about developing a mumti-modal transport behicle for
>> road/rail/river. It's called a container surely!
>>
> Do they float? ;-)
Often do, much to the distress of other shipping.
> There is already a London sightseeing tour using a multi-mode passenger
> vehicle. They can be found in Liverpool as well.
They are ex-wartime DUKWs, not normally adapted for rail though. I remember
seeing a couple as kid in Jersey in the mid 50s running tours out to
Elizabeth Castle when the tide was over the causeway. The adaption for
passneger comfort was bench seats.
>
>> Good to see they are looking at it seriously and sensibly. No doubt some
>> civil servant will now come along and tell us it can't be done and is
>> just grown men playing boats.
>>
> There'll be someone along in a while to tell us to do it by sail power
> or horses.
Sails don't work well on canals but horses would still be practical, perhaps
even marketable as a green alternative.
[snip corny jokes]
