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Title: | Life and Times series: Freightliner |
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| Author: | Michael J Collins |
| Publisher: | OPC (Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford) |
| Format: | Book |
| Subject: | Freight |
| Category: | Detail |
| Spec: | A4, hardback, 128 pages, 211 B&W pictures, 4 colour. ISBN: 0-86093-455-1 |
| Publication date: | 1991 |
| Summary: | For a book dealing with such a specific subject, this is a surprisingly entertaining and informative read. |
| Review: | This book describes the development of the Freightliner concept from its inception in the mid-1960s up to the sectorisation of the late 1980s. Chapters deal with the origins, the (then) current operations, services (inlcuding sample timetables), the traction, terminals, wagons and containers. Two further chapters look at other rail-borne container applications, and an entertaining description of a cab ride in a Frieghtliner train from Ipswich to Willesden. The chapter on wagons is probably of most interest, and it describes the prototypes and production wagons as well as the various other types built over the years. Tables of numbers and build details are included both here and in the containers chapter, although the latter covers only those built for Freightliner itself. |
| Reviewed: | 24/07/2009 by Thomas Young (Comments made by others can appear in the notes section towards the bottom of this page) |
| Sample pages: | (Click on any image to view full-sized in a new window)
The dust-jacket cover.
The origins and growth of the Freightliner network is covered in some detail.
Some sample timetables are included.
One interesting chapter recounts a cab ride on a Freightliner service across London, with photos taken en route.
The chapters on wagons and containers are of interest, with some rare and unusual photographs.
Tables list the details for the wagons as well as the early containers built for Freightliner. |
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The dust-jacket cover.
The origins and growth of the Freightliner network is covered in some detail.
Some sample timetables are included.
One interesting chapter recounts a cab ride on a Freightliner service across London, with photos taken en route.
The chapters on wagons and containers are of interest, with some rare and unusual photographs.
Tables list the details for the wagons as well as the early containers built for Freightliner.