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Rail Freight Since 1968: Containers, Cars & Special Traffics by Paul Shannon (Paperback, 2010)

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In this fourth and final volume in this popular series, Paul covers the remaining sectors of the Rail Freight business from 1968 to the present day. The types of traffic covered include: * Container traffic * Charterail * Channel Tunnel Intermodal * Chemicals * Nuclear traffic * Milk * Parcels, mail and newspapers Using predominantly his own illustrations Paul examines in detail the changing scene. 1968 saw the end of steam on British Rail and this in itself had a massive impact on the operation of Britain's railways. Gone were the labour intensive steam locomotive depots and many of the rural goods depots. In their place were new diesel and electric traction depots with a wide variety of locomotive types - cleaner to operate and more efficient to run. However many were experimental in nature and breakdowns were not un-common. Gradually even the larger Goods depots were being replaced with larger concentrated freight yards. New methods of handling the goods came in with the advent of containers designed to be used by rail, road and sea. Waggons were larger and carried higher and higher capacities, specialist loading and unloading facilities meant new traffic flows were needed as demand for movement by rail having gone through a massive decline began to recover and the industry is seeing considerable growth potential going forward.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Mortons Media Group
ISBN-13
9781857943474
eBay Product ID (ePID)
97662961

Product Key Features

Book Title
Rail Freight since 1968: Containers, Cars & Special Traffics
Author
Paul Shannon
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Railway
Publication Year
2010
Number of Pages
128 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
238mm
Item Width
172mm
Volume
4

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Paul Shannon
Series Title
Railway Heritage
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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