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'''Freightliners Ltd.''' of Cardington Street, London. | '''Freightliners Ltd.''' of Cardington Street, London (a [[British Rail]] service since mid-1960's). Owned 51% by the state owned [[National Freight Corporation]] and 49% by [[British Rail]]. | ||
The concept was of containerisation, where the customer would supervise the loading of their merchandise into a container. | |||
1974 16,000 container loads were being moved nightly by Freightliner trains.<ref>The Engineer 1974/02/14 p 44-49</ref> | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 13:03, 11 January 2016
Freightliners Ltd. of Cardington Street, London (a British Rail service since mid-1960's). Owned 51% by the state owned National Freight Corporation and 49% by British Rail.
The concept was of containerisation, where the customer would supervise the loading of their merchandise into a container.
1974 16,000 container loads were being moved nightly by Freightliner trains.[1]
See Also
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1974/02/14 p 44-49