Glorious NSE Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 (edited) As a subject with a global reach, the internet is a fabulous tool...so here's a few starters for container and intermodal themed image collections: It's a subject i'm fascinated by, and for a few years i've run http://ukrailwaypics.smugmug.com/ - whilst it's definately a UK-centric site, it includes, thanks to the efforts of some great contributors as well as my own shots: The Humble Box - Thousands of container images, including ones from Europe and North America Wagons & OTP - Includes reasonable coverage of most modern UK intermodal wagon types Overseas - Includes sections with images of North American intermodal cars, plus loads (trailer and container) http://www.matts-place.com/intermodal/part1/sea_containers1.htm - is a US centric site, but it's also got a global reach thanks to contributors, includes some absolutely fabulous older images. http://rrpicturearchives.net/rsTypeList.aspx - Obviously there's a crossover between railway/railroad photo archives and ones with intermodal content - rrpicturarchives is US Railroad centric and based on contributed images, taking a look down the type list I just linked too suggests they have 901 shots of container chassis, over 90000 container images, over 30000 images of double stack well cars, over 4000 roadrailers, over 7000 spine cars, over 14000 trailers and so on...Yum! http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brcontainer- Paul Bartlett's excellent site for UK wagon images includes this section, which features a lot of images of older UK intermodal - including coverage of Freightliner operated containers, industrial usage, pre ISO boxes, and also some great shots of period shipping line boxes. Edited March 6, 2014 by Glorious NSE 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Brilliant, Martyn! Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I'm hoping I've just attached a pdf here, some UK guidance to intermodal rail traffic and route gauging: GORT3056-J Iss 2.pdf Next up some corporate info. Details on wagons are here amoungst other things: http://www.freightliner.co.uk/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 A link I've seen before to the MSC site, useful box info on this page and lots of pictures throughout the site: http://www.mscgva.ch/containers_specifications.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 (edited) Good opening couple of pics here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/79414-pghs-photographs-of-british-railways-from-c1960/page-8 And 50s on containers: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/6722-50s-on-freightand-pw/?p=57857 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/6722-50s-on-freightand-pw/?p=58993 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/6722-50s-on-freightand-pw/?p=656069 Edited March 6, 2014 by Satan's Goldfish 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 Updated the thread title at SG's suggestion to open it up to proto-research material beyond just photo's, so keep sending those links! Here's a useful one for US modellers in the double stack era - all the different types (and on older ones, even different builds of the same type!) of well and spine car have slightly different capabilities and restrictions on what you can load in what position - https://www.aarpublications.com/ has a free download (see "loading capabilities guide" at the bottom of the page) where you can look up the car number you have a model of, and it will tell you what configurations you can load. No excuse now for mistakenly putting 20's on top on your double stack cars unless you happen to have modeled the one single car that can achieve that! http://www.containerhandbuch.de/chb_e/stra/index.html - has a lot of useful info - it's a good primer on BIC container markings, under "explanation of terminology" in section 3.3 for example covers the container owner, number and check digit, section 3.4 covers the size/type codes, which are very useful to modellers as they can confirm the basic dimensions of many boxes. http://www.neurallabs.net/descargas/neurallabs213.pdf - is a slightly simpler description of how the modern size/type codes work. http://www.bic-code.org/consultation-of-the-containers-bic-code-register.html is the official organisation that registers the owner codes and their site allows you to search for the owner of a code to find out whose box it is, although caveats: 1. Outside the "deep sea" traffic not every user of containers registers their code, which sometimes means there are duplicates of the same code in use. 2. Quite often when boxes leave shipping service (to become storage units or whatever) their codes aren't blanked, so it could be a former, not a current owner. 3. Some shippers (DHL is a good example) don't seem to use BIC codes at all on at least some boxes... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 Tankspan have tanktainer GA drawings, and detail part drawing s http://www.tankspan.com/sample-drawings.html Jon 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 (edited) MSC have some interesting data on their containers (incl. flat racks and reefers): http://www.mscgva.ch/containers_specifications.html Best, Pete. Edited March 7, 2014 by trisonic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 http://www.whdavis.co.uk/ :- builders of containers, swap-bodies, and container flats. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 I put these in the books topic, but they really belong here: There are some nice pdf documents on Greenbrier (Gunderson) well cars http://www.gbrx.com/Stack_Cars.php This AAR doc (periodically updated) is useful for determining what can go where on a well or spine car: https://www.aar.org/publications/Documents/AAR%20Loading%20Capabilities%20Guide%20010313.pdf This appears to come from the password-protected AAR Members Only section, but the direct link isn't password protected (can be found by anyone searching on the AAR site) Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 http://www.whdavis.co.uk/ :- builders of containers, swap-bodies, and container flats. I like the containers with doors and windows...... Ideal for my planned tour of the USA by train, now, about the plumbing... Best, Pete. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 LTSV profiles on FEA, FFA/FGA, FSA/FTA, and KQA/KTA pocket wagons. Lots of writing! http://www.ltsv.co.uk/w_profiles.php 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 This site's a bit of a maze, but here are links to relevant container info I could find: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/gansg/5-unit/unitload3.htm http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/gansg/6-livy/odds/9-isocont.htm http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/gansg/7-fops/fo-abcont.htm Somebody's put a lot of effort into that site! Out of interest, about half way down the last link there's illustrations of different types of freightliner containers, including a ribbed 'guards van' box. I'm aware of the smooth grey with red stripe fl guards containers, but not ribbed with the diagonal red logo. Is this illustration accurate? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 A few more: Aussies doing some conversions: http://www.ccacontainers.com/australia/en/products/ I think this site is Finish, some side profile images and info: http://kameravenekontit.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-max=2011-06-22T15:42:00%2B03:00&max-results=7&reverse-paginate=true And a site for Boxes seen in Japan with side profile pictures of the boxes. This site has a bonus use as when printed full size, the pictures of 20 and 40ft boxes scale to 1:76 and have been succesfully used as stacks on layout back scenes: http://homepage3.nifty.com/container/contents-E.htm#contents Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 This site's a bit of a maze, but here are links to relevant container info I could find: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/gansg/5-unit/unitload3.htm http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/gansg/6-livy/odds/9-isocont.htm http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/gansg/7-fops/fo-abcont.htm Somebody's put a lot of effort into that site! Out of interest, about half way down the last link there's illustrations of different types of freightliner containers, including a ribbed 'guards van' box. I'm aware of the smooth grey with red stripe fl guards containers, but not ribbed with the diagonal red logo. Is this illustration accurate? I'm pretty certain the 'cabooses' were long gone by the time the diagonal logo arrived. There has been a container modified in recent years to carry a Trainman, but this is only for propelling moves on one of the 'Binliner' services. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Wintle Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 I like the containers with doors and windows...... Ideal for my planned tour of the USA by train, now, about the plumbing... Best, Pete. A container with slide-outs: http://www.chrissiebeavis.com/ContainerHome.html I know Chrissie through car rallying. Adrian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Last week I found a page that had multi level container homes in various configurations. Now I can't find it..... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack374 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Hi, Hope this is the right thread, Saw this on Flickr... https://www.flickr.com/photos/ews60002/13332663164/in/photostream/ How many are there that run like this? Is the wagon the same as Dapol's offering? Could make an interesting project... Jack. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Hi, Hope this is the right thread, Saw this on Flickr... https://www.flickr.com/photos/ews60002/13332663164/in/photostream/ How many are there that run like this? Is the wagon the same as Dapol's offering? Could make an interesting project... Jack. nice find. Yes Dapol do those wagons, I've never seen a picture of 30ft spoil opens like that in a normal intermodal service though. Hopefully someone can shed some more light on these. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 nice find. Yes Dapol do those wagons, I've never seen a picture of 30ft spoil opens like that in a normal intermodal service though. Hopefully someone can shed some more light on these. They're not used in 'normal' intermodals, just in engineers' trains. There are other modules with mesh sides, I believe. The idea was first tried out donkey's years ago by BR, using FFA/FGA flats; a couple loitered on at Bristol Parkway until relatively recently. The logic's quite simple; if NR finishes your contract for engineering traffic, then you can switch the expensive part of the wagons to Intermodal work. You can stack the boxes in a corner somewhere until you've got a job for them, and don't have to hire expensive space at Long Marston or similar to store the wagons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Thanks Fat Controller, that answers that! One for the 3d printers to vary some model engineers trains. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Thanks Fat Controller, that answers that! One for the 3d printers to vary some model engineers trains. You could probably knock it up out of Plasticard quite easily, and a lot cheaper.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Boar Fell Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Hi, Hope this is the right thread, Saw this on Flickr... https://www.flickr.com/photos/ews60002/13332663164/in/photostream/ How many are there that run like this? Is the wagon the same as Dapol's offering? Could make an interesting project... Jack. Hmm, Very simple and tempting to do. Never seen those before. Thanks, Wild Boar Fell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Link to a useful thread regarding loading of UK trains: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/28320-loading-container-trains/ if I remember after Christmas I'll ask Andy to move it over here. Merry Christmas fellow container geeks! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack374 Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 https://www.flickr.com/photos/ews60002/13332663164/in/photostream/ Could make an interesting project... You could probably knock it up out of Plasticard quite easily...Here you go....may post another pic when it's painted etc... Jack. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now