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Someone's Glacier White isn't going to make it

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ErickF
Unconfirmed what the circumstances were, but this one didn't make it to port. Looks like a lightning strike.

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GrandpaJim
Not mine...
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PGilly
Those cars on the transports are possibly Pro S ID4s. I only mention that because of the Moonstone gray car.
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Is that a Moonstone Gray I spy in front of it? Looks like those might be Pros or Pro(s) models.

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PGilly said:
Those cars on the transports are possibly Pro S ID4s. I only mention that because of the Moonstone gray car.
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Definitely not an FE. The roof trim is black, not silver.
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ericy
The catenary wires over the rail lines suggest this was in Europe somewhere. That being said, it could have been en route to Emden for shipment somewhere
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Craig063 said:
Is that a Moonstone Gray I spy in front of it? Looks like those might be Pros or Pro(s) models.

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looks like some Pro's based on the 2 piece flitzer on the white and blue. And definitely looks like Moonstone grey in front. that is a great color
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And the body color rearview mirror housing...
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ericy
I wonder if the hatch came open during shipment, causing an arc from the overhead catenary.
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ericy said:
The catenary wires over the rail lines suggest this was in Europe somewhere. That being said, it could have been en route to Emden for shipment somewhere
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ARS Altmann (named on the rail car) is a German logistics company.
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ErickF said:
Looks like a lightning strike.
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No problem. Just slap a new rear hatch on the car and I'm sure it will be good as new. :p I'm surprised the car didn't get sent back to 1984.
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ericy said:
I wonder if the hatch came open during shipment, causing an arc from the overhead catenary.
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based on the 2 holes in the hatch that looks like a good possibility
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ericy said:
I wonder if the hatch came open during shipment, causing an arc from the overhead catenary.
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I have to think that, as anal as German's are, they would have accounted for that possibility.
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corfam said:
No problem. Just slap a new rear hatch on the car and I'm sure it will be good as new. :p I'm surprised the car didn't get sent back to 1984.
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Add that to the list of VW's cost cutting measures... No flux capacitor.
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LittleJoe
Lightning strikes to cars can leave holes that look like that. Plus, I'd think the contact wires would be much higher off the train's roofline than that hatch can reach, and there'd likely be damage on the lower portion of the hatch as well.

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