Speedlink wagons - To carry lorries

[Freight Connection]

Good Afternoon...

 

Regarding 1980s Speedlink services

 

I would like to model a couple of the wagons that would've carried the lorry cabs, as per the picture below. Have had a look around without success, could a kind soul point me in the right direction for the rail wagons used. 

 

I model in N, and am quite happy to kit bash if not commercially available. 

 

Credited to John Dedman - Traction mag

 

Kind Regards - Stephen

[Fat Controller]

16 minutes ago, Freight Connection said:

Good Afternoon...

 

Regarding 1980s Speedlink services

 

I would like to model a couple of the wagons that would've carried the lorry cabs, as per the picture below. Have had a look around without success, could a kind soul point me in the right direction for the rail wagons used. 

 

I model in N, and am quite happy to kit bash if not commercially available. 

 

Credited to John Dedman - Traction mag

 

Kind Regards - Stephen

Those ones are Comtics, operated by Railease (Standard Wagon,/ Barclay's Bank). There were also some Freightliner FFA/FGA fitted with modified flat containers for vehicle transport, along with Carflats.

[Freight Connection]

Thank you very much

 

Will look up some examples.

 

Stephen

[Mike Storey]

Here you go - 

 

https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/comtic

[hmrspaul]

The container flat conversion to Freightflats - perhaps an easier conversion if modelling in 4mm. https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brfreightflat

 

Paul

[47406]

Those Freightflats look like an interesting and eminently doable conversion... does any one know when they were used until ?

[Fat Controller]

6 hours ago, 47406 said:

Those Freightflats look like an interesting and eminently doable conversion... does any one know when they were used until ?

I've not found any record of the end of service of the original ones, but the  concept was to appear again post-privatisation, using AAE Megafrets.