7F-037-100 GWR Conflat 36692 12Tons Tare 6-1 OT Glowing fire light effect

Glowing fire light effect

which provides current to power the layout

The train cost £3 million and took only nine months from concept to completion

it turned to three outside contractors (Neilson Reid

At the turn of the last century the Caledonian found itself to be short of engines suitable for mineral traffic

7F-037-100 GWR Conflat 36692 12Tons Tare 6-1 OT Glowing fire light effectContainers and the special wooden decked conflat wagons used to convey them were produced in great numbers by all four of the railway companies. They allowed door to door deliveries via road, rail and road again without the requirement for the good to be handled at each leg. In the main they were used for furniture removal, although some were built with insulation for refrigerated use. Post nationalisation BR built over 10,000 containers which