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Type |
Built |
Qty |
Used |
Added |
Edited |
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FEA Bogie Container Wagons  |
2003-2007 |
920 |
2003-current |
20/03/2008 |
16/03/2010 |
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Although the first examples appeared as recently as 2003, the FEA intermodal flat wagon has proved popular with a variety of operators and over 900 were in stock by 2008. As well as carrying ISO containers the type is also used for infrastructure-related roles, for which specialised modules are fitted.
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FFA/FGA Freightliner Flats |
1964-1976 |
2137 |
1964-current |
01/10/2007 |
16/03/2010 |
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The 1960s was a period of innovation for British rail freight, with many radically new designs appearing. The Freightliner wagons were a huge advance over the short wheelbase conflat wagons built before, and they were fortunately able to be adapted to the ISO standard for containers that emerged shortly after their introduction. As such, they carried the majority of intermodal rail traffic in the UK until their gradual replacement by newer types in the 1990s.
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FLA 'Lowliner' Bogie Container Wagons |
1989-2005 |
128 |
1991-current |
29/03/2008 |
17/04/2008 |
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The FLA wagons are low-floor container carriers, capable of accomodating the increasingly popular ‘high-cube’ ISO containers within the British loading gauge. Formed into 2-, 3-, 4- or 5-wagon sets, they can be seen mixed in with other wagon types on Freightliner services across the country.
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FSA/FTA Bogie Container Wagons |
1991-1993 |
700 |
1991-current |
29/03/2008 |
16/03/2010 |
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The 700 wagons that make up the FSA/FTA fleet represented proabably the largest investment in railway-owned wagons during the 1990s, and were also the first such vehicles to be imported rather than home-built. Fairly standard container-carrying wagons, they bolstered the ageing Freightliner fleet, allowing for retirement of many FFAs and FGAs.
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KQA/KTA Tiphook 'Pocket' Container Wagons |
1997-1998 |
75 |
1997-current |
02/01/2009 |
15/10/2014 |
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The KQA/KTA wagons were another type specifically intended to permit the carriage of 9ft 6in tall containers within the UK loading gauge. With a distinctive slab-sided design, the wagons were initially given RIV numbers, but being used only on domestic Freightliner services, were later renumbered into the private-owner series. The method of carrying containers earned them the nickname Pocket wagons.
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SAA Steel Carriers / FPA Container Flats |
1966-1971 |
301 |
1966-current |
1/12/2006 |
10/01/2008 |
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The SAA fleet of 2-axle steel carrying wagons had a very short life in their original form, and the majority saw extensive use as barriers and runners. After 10 years of under utilisation, over half of the wagons were rebuilt as FPA container flats and were used to carry coal, mainly in Scotland.
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