British Railways containers for door - to - door transport : booklet : November 1961 : pages 3 and 4
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. Here are shown the Furniture Type BK (for household removals and new furniture), the Cycle Type BC along with two 'no longer in use' types, the Small Open Type C and Large Open Type D. The later shows the type of manual loading and unloading, possibly in a goods siding, that was being phased out.
British Railways containers for door - to - door transport : booklet : November 1961 : pages 3 and 4
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. Here are shown the Furniture Type BK (for household removals and new furniture), the Cycle Type BC along with two 'no longer in use' types, the Small Open Type C and Large Open Type D. The later shows the type of manual loading and unloading, possibly in a goods siding, that was being phased out.