jessy1692 Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 9 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said: They were around in the late 60s but the boxes were plain aluminium. I have a photo somewhere of a load of them in 1968. The black and white chevron logo was the same. Right, I think I best get some for my freightliner train then! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 5 minutes ago, jessy1692 said: Right, I think I best get some for my freightliner train then! I’ll post the pic here tomorrow. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 14 hours ago, jessy1692 said: Right, I think I best get some for my freightliner train then! This is a scan from Jane's Freight Containers, 1968-69 edition (published 1968): The aluminium containers (with wide-spaced external ribs) appear to be unpainted, but have the familiar black and white chevron logo. Most say BELL LINES, possibly the two words are in different colours? One is just lettered BELL. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 3 hours ago, Mol_PMB said: This is a scan from Jane's Freight Containers, 1968-69 edition (published 1968): The aluminium containers (with wide-spaced external ribs) appear to be unpainted, but have the familiar black and white chevron logo. Most say BELL LINES, possibly the two words are in different colours? One is just lettered BELL. Brilliant, thanks for that, one for a future project as the nights draw in. All the best James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 On 26/08/2021 at 21:20, Mol_PMB said: So who is going to model the chocolate tanker on their Freightliner train? I was curious about that company as I'd never heard of them and I found this. "Business of Messrs Foreshaw, Thornton and Hart carried on under the name of W.S. Shuttleworth and Co., until 1919. Incorporated, 10 July 1919, became part of Rowntree group, 18 October 1928. Ceased trading 1973. Renamed Rowntree Mackintosh (Ingredients) Ltd, 16 June 1975." 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 A bit OT really, but some nice close ups of early Freightliner containers at St James Bridge, Doncaster by John Law 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 2 hours ago, montyburns56 said: A bit OT really, but some nice close ups of early Freightliner containers at St James Bridge, Doncaster by John Law Very nice - and I think that’s on topic for this thread. Many thanks! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 Some Tartan Arrow photos and details of their container fleet in 1970: 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 1 minute ago, Mol_PMB said: Some Tartan Arrow photos and details of their container fleet in 1970: I hadn't realised the scale of their operations; we could do with a few like them nowadays. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 2 hours ago, Fat Controller said: I hadn't realised the scale of their operations; we could do with a few like them nowadays. By then Tartan Arrow was a subsidiary of Freightliner which was 50% BR and 50% BRS. The closure of many Freightliner terminals was the result of the BRB abandonment of domestic container traffic to concentrate on international. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Some interesting loads in this train. Burnmouth 1974 by David Ford 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted December 2, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2021 I've just up,oaded some pictures in my Random UK pictures thread. 2 of them wete taken at Llandudno Junction in March 1978 and show a 40 hauled freighliner setvice bound for Holyhead. There is a blue striped Freightliner container vusible in both. I'll upload them to this thread tomorrow. Jamie 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted December 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 3, 2021 (edited) As promised here are the two photos that include Blue striped containers. Taken at Llandudno Junction 18-3-78 And then heading west towards Holyhead. Not brilliant photos but you can make the container out, the last one on the 5th wagon. It must have been a 20 footer. One TEU in todays parlance. I was heading up to a snowy Snowdonia for a weeks Mountain Leadership course. The slides have just surfaced in a storeroom whilst doing a tidy up. Jamie Edited April 20, 2022 by jamie92208 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 SInce we seem to have drifted into a more general rail borne container discussion how about these! These are containers built to order in China for fitting out as power generating equipment at Aggreko. More normally seen as ones and twos on regular services, because of a ship hold up this special dedicated train was run to clear a backlog. Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markw Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Found another early container photo, I think it is 27' ,Caledonian is another BTC owned company. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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