Freight Train Formations

[BR traction instructor]

It is easy to look at period images of consists that you intend to model and be completely unaware that there could be type specific BR Rules & Regs affecting the proportions of wagon types in the train. Such instructions could be relaid to BR staff in their weekly/periodic notice issues. Here is an instruction dating from 1970 that is still included in the Periodic Operating Notices of 1983.

 

Running at a lower speed of 60mph doesn’t sound much but makes pathing the trains over long distances problematic. Remember, these services were likely to have penalties associated with late arrivals, due to production line deadlines.

 

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Edited December 16, 2021 by BR traction instructor

[Simon Lee]

3 hours ago, BR traction instructor said:

It is easy to look at period images of consists that you intend to model and be completely unaware that there could be type specific BR Rules & Regs affecting the proportions of wagon types in the train. Such instructions could be relaid to BR staff in their weekly/periodic notice issues. Here is an instruction dating from 1970 that is still included in the Periodic Operating Notices of 1983.

 

Running at a lower speed of 60mph doesn’t sound much but makes pathing the trains over long distances problematic. Remember, these services were likely to have penalties associated with late arrivals, due to production line deadlines.

 

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It would be interesting to see the original notice, that this amended as the vans mentioned were not built and were the first bogie ferry vans introduced on the mainland UK, in 1976 (VTG) and 1977 (Cargowaggon).