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Originally Posted by Madcaravanner
Hi Everyone
I need some information
I know that Freightliner ISO containerised freight started a long time ago
BUT
I need to know when they started on British Railways?
Where they Only Freightliner or mixed/ limited brands ?
what was normal train length?
what type of wagon ? 4 wheel or Bogie ??
What was normal haulage?
How were the containers transferred between train and truck inland ?
I'm trying to work out if they were around when steam was still in service or if they appeared shortly after as my addled memory keeps giving me an imaged of Double header Black 5's on 4 wheel wagons with 2 20 foot boxes and a Brake Van at both ends
Looking forward to a few answers
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Hi all
As a young apprentice at British Rail Engineering at Shildon in 1965, I remember and worked on the construction of the freightliner rolling stock. There was a lot of aluminium welding required, and at that time Argon arc welding was something new to Shildon works. The braking system was heavy gauge copper tube with silver solder fittings. The fittings had to be heated up to a much higher temperature than your standard domestic plumbing fittings. Also an Emeto compression fitting (I thing that is the correct spelling) was used in parts of the system.
It is now some 47 years since I worked on the stock so memories are a bit thin on the ground.