This is the second of a new series looking in detail at the changing patterns of rail freight from 1968 to the present day which will include copious illustrations of trains and terminals throughout the period. A must for modellers and modern image enthusiasts this series will also be of considerable interest to industry and general readers with any involvement with railways today.

This second volume in the series will include the following themes:
• The gradual shift from wagonload to trainload operation • The cull of public goods depots and small private sidings • Speedlink – BR’s attempt to retain and revive wagonload traffic • The withdrawal of Speedlink and efforts to keep some flows on rail
• The European business – from train ferry to Channel Tunnel • Tnterprise – the future for wagonload? • Wagon types and terminal facilities
Illustrations will include:
• Chart showing shift from wagonload to trainload 1968 to present • Map showing location of marshalling yards in 1970s • Details of traffic handled at Cambridge Coalfields freight depot in 1979 • List and/or map of railway freight depots with cranage facilities in 1980 • Map of Speedlink network in 1980s • List of Speedlink traffic flows in 1990/91 • List of replacement trains after withdrawal of Speedlink in 1991, LMR • Map of Enterprise network in late 1990s • List of Enterprise traffic flows in early 2000s • Sample consists of wagonload freight trains in the 1980s and 1990s • Layout plans of a hump yard in the 1970s and of Wembley yard in the 1990s
Layout plans of a station goods yard in the 1980s (eg Melton Mowbray) and a distribution terminal in the 2000s (eg Knowsley) • Photographs of trains, wagons, terminals and yards

In the same series: Railfreight : COAL
and Railfreight: BULK FREIGHT