Tim H Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 The Cornwall Railways site has the only picture I have ever seen of the very short-lived Freightliner working from Par www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/st-germans-excl-to-plymouth.html (It's about a quarter of the way down) Looks like a potentually interesting train to model though most of the containers are opens rather than boxes, which would need to be scratchbuilt (I model in N). I make it 8 20' containers, five opens and three boxes, and guess the two grey boxes are in the Freightliner livery. What traffic did it carry? I'm assuming it was china clay in the opens at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 There's also a photo in one of John Vaughans books. Not sure if it is the same one though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 One of the main loads carried, as you surmise, was china clay; this was mainly for John Dickinson's of Croxley Green. As for the rest; sundries traffic for NCL, and other traffic from both the Par and Plymouth areas? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garry Morris Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Here's a shot at Aller Junction (CHS Owen) looking quite tidy in its early days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 This is Par http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brfreightlinercontainer/e1c1f048e Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Great photo Paul - was this loaded in the sidings alongside Par station? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Great photo Paul - was this loaded in the sidings alongside Par station? Yes that is correct, the siding is still there. Here, I think, is a picture of part of the terminal at Plymouth https://www.flickr.com/photos/28083135@N06/24811462916/in/photolist-DNvevo-bxF7YC-hGh4M4-hGhxNq-ffmpFS-e6zqYb-bUxBnq-aJsG46-iyByyo-bLC8Hc-chbGU9-cCQeXE-dyRY34-p5oWDN-9RAace-g5e41x-osxpfY-p6BaGC-oR9XUM-oR9XTV-h5sUxp-bS5RWp-9RD3Ch-oYMVe5-oGkBrV-e6zr2y-e6zr1A-e6zkfS-e6zkdo-e6zkih-e6zqXd-e6zkc5-e6zkh3-e6zke7-oYyfLD-oGku3N-oGkBsB-oWMQAU-oYMVdo-p9Q9eD-oYPL9k-oKuD2T-p96GYM-oKuDj7-oR9btE-oXjfLW-vxifje-e6zqZE-e6zqZ3-oR9qUJ cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Yes that is correct, the siding is still there. Here, I think, is a picture of part of the terminal at Plymouth https://www.flickr.com/photos/28083135@N06/24811462916/in/photolist-DNvevo-bxF7YC-hGh4M4-hGhxNq-ffmpFS-e6zqYb-bUxBnq-aJsG46-iyByyo-bLC8Hc-chbGU9-cCQeXE-dyRY34-p5oWDN-9RAace-g5e41x-osxpfY-p6BaGC-oR9XUM-oR9XTV-h5sUxp-bS5RWp-9RD3Ch-oYMVe5-oGkBrV-e6zr2y-e6zr1A-e6zkfS-e6zkdo-e6zkih-e6zqXd-e6zkc5-e6zkh3-e6zke7-oYyfLD-oGku3N-oGkBsB-oWMQAU-oYMVdo-p9Q9eD-oYPL9k-oKuD2T-p96GYM-oKuDj7-oR9btE-oXjfLW-vxifje-e6zqZE-e6zqZ3-oR9qUJ cheers I'd love to some other shots of that forklift.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Quite interesting, I hadn't really thought about freightliner terminal at Plymouth Friary. A couple of the times I blagged my way in there were several freightliner containers sitting on road trailers. By the way a lovely varied yard! http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brfreightlinercontainer/e3c2eea5b http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brfreightlinercontainer/e2fee06b5 http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brfreightlinercontainer/e3b1c27e1 http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brfreightlinercontainer/e22b9288e Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Horse Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Some lovely images there I guess slightly off topic, but I presume a container terminal in the South West still wouldn't work in this modern era? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Some lovely images there I guess slightly off topic, but I presume a container terminal in the South West still wouldn't work in this modern era? You'd have to find something to load on it in both directions, preferably that can be loaded in the same containers. One problem with the Par one would have been the china-clay boxes would have been empty in one direction. I can see one of the major supermarkets or distribution companies might be interested in such a service, but again, back-loading would probably be needed. Seasonal agricultural produce, perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve W Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Some lovely images there I guess slightly off topic, but I presume a container terminal in the South West still wouldn't work in this modern era? Depends how far you stretch reality and your imagination, a container port for Falmouth was proposed about 1971, a flurry of local excitement and then, like the proposed Falmoth oil exploration terminal for the Western Approaches and Celtic Sea, it all quietly died away - but, it might have happened. Steve W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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