Coventry Climax
Coventry Climax in Third Rail Report On Modernisation - Sheffield Freight, Short Movie, 1961
Class: Others, Ground conveyor — Model origin:

00:06:12
Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2018-01-07 00:17 |
![]() ![]() An apparently brand-new collaboration between BR and Izal so that glass bottles can be safely loaded and transported by rail ![]() ![]() ... must have been innovative as it gets featured in a couple of other BTF films. |
◊ 2018-01-07 20:24 |
You'd think they'd shrink-wrap these pallets too,being that it's boxes filled with glass bottles,and they'll have to be moved/handled a few times??? "Shift Happens" ![]() |
◊ 2018-01-08 20:59 |
They used an experimental "inflatable dunnage bag" which wraps round the pallets inside the rail wagons - https://youtu.be/Duoq7esgf5s?t=392 . About 10 years earlier than the 1970-ish date given by wiki ![]() |