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.
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