ge_rik
British narrow gauge (esp. Southwold and W&LLR)
Hi Folks
With the apple harvest well under way at Bulkeley, I decided it was time for a fruit special. Previously, I've used closed vans to transport the fruit, but I couldn't help wondering if it was high time the PLR updated its freight handling to incorporate containerisation. It would make transshipment so much easier at the Beeston Market interchange sidings.
I tracked down some drawings of A Type containers - apparently, containers were actually introduced as early as 1900 and were adopted enthusiastically by the LMS in the 1930s, I decided that the forward-thinking management of the PLR would experiment with them. These were drawn in TinkerCad and 3D printed, with turnbuckles fashioned from bits of brass and copper wire.
Fortunately, they do fit the loading gauge of the PLR and so - let the harvest begin!!
Rik
With the apple harvest well under way at Bulkeley, I decided it was time for a fruit special. Previously, I've used closed vans to transport the fruit, but I couldn't help wondering if it was high time the PLR updated its freight handling to incorporate containerisation. It would make transshipment so much easier at the Beeston Market interchange sidings.
I tracked down some drawings of A Type containers - apparently, containers were actually introduced as early as 1900 and were adopted enthusiastically by the LMS in the 1930s, I decided that the forward-thinking management of the PLR would experiment with them. These were drawn in TinkerCad and 3D printed, with turnbuckles fashioned from bits of brass and copper wire.
Fortunately, they do fit the loading gauge of the PLR and so - let the harvest begin!!
Rik