The importance of our railways in the movement of sea containers cannot
be overstressed. Industry figures suggest that one in four of all
containers arriving at UK ports move onwards via the UK rail network.
This is particularly significant to the railfreight sector given the
dramatic downturn in coal traffic in recent years. Four of the country's
major players in the freight sector - Freightliner, DB Cargo, GB
Railfreight and Direct Rail Services - all move significant volumes of
container traffic to almost all parts of the UK. This book takes a look
at these movements, from the major ports of Felixstowe and Southampton
to destinations as far afield as Bristol and the Scottish Highlands.
John Jackson takes an in-depth look at the diversity of locomotives and
container wagons used on these services provided by these key players on
our twenty-first-century railway.