montyburns56
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...would it have helped to retain more traffic or was it a lost cause anyway? I believe that LWB wagons can generally run at a faster speed and presumably have a better cost/capacity ratio than shorter wagons, but would it have made any difference to traffic retention? I believe (possibly incorrectly) that one reason why BR stuck to the short wheel base wagons for so long was because so much of the infrastructure i.e. tipplers, wagon turntables, sharply curved sidings etc couldn't accommodate LWB wagons, but was that really such a big issue that it couldn't have been worked around?
I know that changes in the road freight industry caused BR to lose a lot of traffic from the 50s onwards, so some losses were inevitable, but if BR had switched earlier and also perhaps rationalized the number of yards and been relieved of it's Common Carrier status earlier could it have made a big difference?
I know that changes in the road freight industry caused BR to lose a lot of traffic from the 50s onwards, so some losses were inevitable, but if BR had switched earlier and also perhaps rationalized the number of yards and been relieved of it's Common Carrier status earlier could it have made a big difference?