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From the dawn of the railway age, the shipment of freight was one of the cornerstones of the railway industry; indeed, it was freight traffic that was the initial spur to the construction of many of the earliest route and passenger traffic was very much a secondary business. It is only in the relatively recent past that freight has been overshadowed by the passenger business. Freight traffic could, however, come in a variety of forms, not all of which could be safely operated together and, for this reason, freight trains had to be carefully organised and rostered. Certain types of traffic - most notably the nuclear flask trains - were designed to operate alone whilst others, such as the final attempt at wagonload freight - Speedlink - could result in a great variety of wagons and goods within a single train. Covering the operation of freight trains since the end of main-line steam in 1968 Freight-Train Formations in Colour for the Modeller and Historian is a largely pictorial examination of the considerable variety of traffic and the vast array of different types of wagon - including both air- and vacuum-braked - that have been utilised by the railways over the past 40 years. The book includes a brief introductory chapter allied to c160 colour illustrations with detailed captions, presenting a selection of workings in detail, including wagonload freights, local trip and Speedlink services, as well as company trains, inter-modal workings and departmental services. All the information on formations is drawn from the British Rail TOPS system to ensure a fully accurate record of the services illustrated.
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Description 266 Email Me [View this in full screen] From the dawn of the railway age, the shipment of freight was one of the cornerstones of the railway industry; indeed, it was freight traffic that was the initial spur to the construction of many of the earliest route and passenger traffic was very much a secondary business. It is only in the relatively recent past that freight has been overshadowed by the passenger business. Freight traffic could, however, come in a variety of forms, not all of which could be safely operated together and, for this reason, freight trains had to be carefully organised and rostered. Certain types of traffic - most notably the nuclear flask trains - were designed to operate alone whilst others, such as the final attempt at wagonload freight - Speedlink - could result in a great variety of wagons and goods within a single train. Covering the operation of freight trains since the end of main-line steam in 1968 Freight-Train Formations in Colour for the Modeller and Historian is a largely pictorial examination of the considerable variety of traffic and the vast array of different types of wagon - including both air- and vacuum-braked - that have been utilised by the railways over the past 40 years. The book includes a brief introductory chapter allied to c160 colour illustrations with detailed captions, presenting a selection of workings in detail, including wagonload freights, local trip and Speedlink services, as well as company trains, inter-modal workings and departmental services. All the information on formations is drawn from the British Rail TOPS system to ensure a fully accurate record of the services illustrated.
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- EditorialIan Allan Publishing
- Año de publicación2012
- ISBN 10 0711034478
- ISBN 13 9780711034471
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- Número de páginas96
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Freight-Train Formations
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IAN ALLAN, 2012
ISBN 10: 0711034478
ISBN 13: 9780711034471
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Glazed Boards. Condición: VG. 1st. Heavilly illustrated account of BR treight train formations of the 1980s. 96pp. VG copy in glazed boards. Scarce. Nº de ref. del artículo: 018367
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