I hope that you are right, I'm sure you are when it comes to container traffic - I sometimes work next to the main line at Romford & there are always plenty of containers passing. When I moved to Sheffield in 1980 I often got the Master Cutler to London and freight trains would be literally nose to tail on the goods lines from Tapton Jct (Chesterfield) to Clay Cross. On a similar journey today I would guess that you might see one freight all the way to St Pancras. I didn't know that any wagonload stuff still ran - do you have any details?
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