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| Registered Wagon Service and Merchandise Freights 14/05/2015 at 23:26 #72228 | |
jc92
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Hi all. Having been doing some more work on a 1973 timetable for carlisle I've come across RWS (registered wagon service) trains and some freights marked Merchandise. A session on google has turned up nothing. does anyone know what these terms indicate? "We don't stop camborne wednesdays" Log in to reply |
| Registered Wagon Service and Merchandise Freights 15/05/2015 at 00:26 #72229 | |
BarryM
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Merchandise Freights: Goods in less than carload lots for expedited movement in merchandise trains. Parcel Van traffic? Barry Barry, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Last edited: 15/05/2015 at 00:28 by BarryM Log in to reply |
| Registered Wagon Service and Merchandise Freights 15/05/2015 at 17:25 #72264 | |
58050
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Joe I'd say those 2 terms you quote in later years became what we knew as speedlink traffic, where a variety of freight was conveyed in wagon loads as oposed to block trains such as MGR & block oil trains. prior to Speedlink these trains were termed as ABS (Air Braked Service). But back in the 1970s they were known as merchandise.
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| Registered Wagon Service and Merchandise Freights 16/05/2015 at 19:43 #72308 | |
Forest Pines
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Funnily enough, the meaning of "Registered Wagon Service" came up on another rail forum I read the other week. It's basically the registered freight service that the LNER marketed as "Green Arrow", wagonload traffic that was supposed to receive expedited service and have its location monitored; it eventually was replaced by Speedlink. The thread is here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/98360-registered-wagon-service-rws-what-were-they/
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