SECOND-GENERATION FREIGHTLINER PROPOSED TO CAPTURE MEDIUM-HAUL MERCHANDISE

A network of fast container trains linking 300 terminals through sorting centres based on automated warehouse principles has been proposed by BR's Research and Development Division. Essential to the concept is a fast, cheap method of transferring containers on and off trains, and overnight transits between all but the more remote parts of the country.

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  IPC Transport Press, Limited

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• Publication Date: 1976-2

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 71 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 132
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Containerization; Intermodal services; Intermodal terminals; Marketing; Warehouses
• Identifier Terms: British Rail
• Old TRIS Terms: Freightliners
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00134556
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 23 1976 12:00AM