British Railways containers for door - to - door transport : booklet : November 1961 : pages 7 and 8
An interesting booklet, from November 1961, listing the various containers available for use on British Railways and showing the transhipment methods available. British Railways were increasingly keen to see use of containerisation in place of the decades old 'loose' freight whose often small and bespoke handling and transportation was probably helping to drive the losses the railway made on many freight journeys. The Beeching era, about to start, would not just see massive reorganisation of passenger services and rolling stock but would also see an equal focus on freight services and a move towards profitable bulk heavy haulage and container shipments.
Many of the photographs in the brochure are of interest and several are scored through with "No longer in use" showing the on-going rationalisation of rolling stock and services. These pages show insulated and ventilated types of container; the Highly-Insulated Type AF container, the Insulated Type FM and the Ventilated Type BM container. The fomers types were for refrigerated or cooled goods transport and the latter for that of meat.
British Railways containers for door - to - door transport : booklet : November 1961 : pages 7 and 8
An interesting booklet, from November 1961, listing the various containers available for use on British Railways and showing the transhipment methods available. British Railways were increasingly keen to see use of containerisation in place of the decades old 'loose' freight whose often small and bespoke handling and transportation was probably helping to drive the losses the railway made on many freight journeys. The Beeching era, about to start, would not just see massive reorganisation of passenger services and rolling stock but would also see an equal focus on freight services and a move towards profitable bulk heavy haulage and container shipments.
Many of the photographs in the brochure are of interest and several are scored through with "No longer in use" showing the on-going rationalisation of rolling stock and services. These pages show insulated and ventilated types of container; the Highly-Insulated Type AF container, the Insulated Type FM and the Ventilated Type BM container. The fomers types were for refrigerated or cooled goods transport and the latter for that of meat.