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There's no guarantee that any trains are going to run, as is the case with most new intermodal terminals. However given the location of the facility, I think it's safe to say that at least one operator will begin running trains to serve at least one of the major container ports. It has the...

Thanks bluebottle. I knew that 45ft containers has castings at the 40ft spacing. But what I didn't realise is that road hauliers had found a way to transport standard ISO 45ft units without breaking EU laws. If you are saying this is possible, then why have the designers of the kind...

I remember well the period of the launch of the Thrall Europa wagon designs, and spoke with the Thrall people in Europe about them on several occasions. In my view they were a success, simply because they led to the launch of the first piggyback trains in Britain capable of carrying...

Are you sure about road hailiers carrying these? It's not that I'm insisting I'm right, but as far as I know, the only EU-legal 45ft containers in operation were those for internal European trade, not those in use for deep sea trades. This is, after all, one of the reasons why none of the...

Thanks for your response. Firstly, with respect to your comment about the lack of a motorway link with Felixstowe, the port does have the A14, which in road haulage terms, is just as good as a motorway. Plus in any case, the deep sea Maersk, 45ft-long, 9ft 6in-high containers I write of...

All of you together answer the question as to why there is justification to enlarge the British loading gauge to accommodate 9ft 6in high boxes on 'standard' wagons, when wagons with small wheels exist, but I thought I'd join in anyway. It's true, that although small wheel wagon designs...