Container wagon FHA699602

[Purnu]

Whilst browsing Flickr I came across the following photograph and it piqued my interest. Do any of our members have any information regarding it? Was it just (part of) a pair and how long did it last in service?
 

Subsequently found further photographs on Mr Bartlett’s wonderful website, apparently these were Lowliners. Never having heard of or seeing them before I’d still like to know how many there were and how long they lasted in service?

Edited November 5, 2023 by Purnu
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[Mark Saunders]

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Edited November 5, 2023 by Mark Saunders

[Fat Controller]

2 hours ago, Purnu said:

Whilst browsing Flickr I came across the following photograph and it piqued my interest. Do any of our members have any information regarding it? Was it just (part of) a pair and how long did it last in service?
 

Subsequently found further photographs on Mr Bartlett’s wonderful website, apparently these were Lowliners. Never having heard of or seeing them before I’d still like to know how many there were and how long they lasted in service?

There were a pair of 42' wagons on 4-wheel bogies, known as Lowliner A ,and a pair of 60' long wagons on three-axle bogies, known as Lowliner B. They were built at Ashford in 1971-2. I believe they spent their working lives in Northern Scotland. 'Freightliner ; Life and Times' has more details

[Purnu]

Thank you for that. I’ll need to try and find a copy of the publication you mentioned.
 

Cheers.

[Edwin_m]

These featured in an article in Modern Railways magazine sometime in the 1980s, in connection with traffic to Aberdeen.  I assume they had smaller wheels than other flats, enabling a lower deck but limiting the axle load.  

[eastwestdivide]

I think this was the same thing that I photographed in 1985 at an open day (Wolverton? edit: definitely Wolverton). No number visible or else I'd have noted it:

 

Edited November 6, 2023 by eastwestdivide
Wolverton

[Fat Controller]

3 hours ago, eastwestdivide said:

I think this was the same thing that I photographed in 1985 at an open day (Wolverton?). No number visible or else I'd have noted it:

 

It wasn't Cricklewood, was it? It looks as if  it's the same wagons. (May 1985)

[eastwestdivide]

14 minutes ago, Fat Controller said:

It wasn't Cricklewood, was it? It looks as if  it's the same wagons. (May 1985)

Those wagons in the background did the rounds of open days!

List of open days here: http://www.bropendays.co.uk/location.html

which has a Wolverton summer 1985, but nothing at Cricklewood that year.

A further rummage in my notes finds it was definitely Wolverton.