May 4 1929 no. 529 pp 3-6: Freight-handling facilities provide for 580,000 tons annually; 900 cars, 400 trucks, and 10,700 consignments are handled daily; structural details, layout and track arrangement of sheds are given. May 18 1929 no. 531 pp. 3-6: Description of new freight depot at Bristol; new depot holds 748 trucks of which 348 can be placed under cover; road access to depot is provided at three points; automatic weighing machines; savings in shunting time; inward and outward traffic. Oct. 5 1929 no. 551 pp. 5-8: Description of enlarged depot at South Lambeth; original and new layout plans at South Lambeth showing completed expenses and those which are now to be put in hand; warehouse and offices; lifting appliances; traffic and territory covered; handling arrangements; motor transport.


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    Titel :

    Freight handling developments on the Great Western Railway


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Modern Transport


    Erschienen in:

    Modern Transport ; 21 , n 529, 531, 551


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1929


    Anmerkungen:

    38 Figs.


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    Freight handling on the great western railway

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1929


    Great Western Railway freight train services

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1928


    Great western railway developments in Birmingham

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    Handling of bulk railway freight

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