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Anybody know where.... 08:27 - May 8 with 627 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

...the metal for Hitachi trains is made!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-56902528
...specifically the suspension units!

Pretty much no trains on East Coast or GWR today.
[Post edited 8 May 2021 8:31]

"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
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Anybody know where.... on 08:41 - May 8 with 575 viewsWD19

I am guessing Hitachi Metals.

....and I am therefore guessing Japan or NA. I haven’t got the energy to crawl through their annual report for evidence of lower cost bases in Asia - which I guess are likely.

The bits are then apparently bolted together in Sedgefield.

https://www.memuk.org/transport/hitachi-rail-starts-welding-brand-new-british-tr
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Anybody know where.... on 08:43 - May 8 with 567 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

Anybody know where.... on 08:41 - May 8 by WD19

I am guessing Hitachi Metals.

....and I am therefore guessing Japan or NA. I haven’t got the energy to crawl through their annual report for evidence of lower cost bases in Asia - which I guess are likely.

The bits are then apparently bolted together in Sedgefield.

https://www.memuk.org/transport/hitachi-rail-starts-welding-brand-new-british-tr


I am kind of hoping it's China!

"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
Poll: If the choice is Moore or no more.

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Anybody know where.... on 08:52 - May 8 with 557 viewsketton_itfc

Anybody know where.... on 08:43 - May 8 by BanksterDebtSlave

I am kind of hoping it's China!


Wrong alloy mix/ poor tempering? Sounds like Chinese steel….
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Anybody know where.... on 09:23 - May 8 with 518 viewsbournemouthblue

Anybody know where.... on 08:52 - May 8 by ketton_itfc

Wrong alloy mix/ poor tempering? Sounds like Chinese steel….


Sounds about right!

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Anybody know where.... on 10:26 - May 8 with 456 viewsBanksterDebtSlave

Anybody know where.... on 09:23 - May 8 by bournemouthblue

Sounds about right!


It just has to be doesn't it. The globalist race to the bottom, but at least we get to outsource our pollution!

"They break our legs and tell us to be grateful when they offer us crutches."
Poll: If the choice is Moore or no more.

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Anybody know where.... on 10:39 - May 8 with 439 viewsCheltenham_Blue

Don't China make all metals in the world now?

Poll: Smooth Mash or Mash with Lumps?

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