BRX
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Whenever I'm travelling in continental Europe I notice how frequently I see freight trains that have a mixed consist.
But in the UK you hardly see it at all. With the exception of engineering trains, a freight train will almost always consist of a rake of the same type of wagon carrying the same type of cargo.
Why is this? Is it just something to do with the shorter distances involved?
Do we actually have any marshalling yards that do any marshalling on a regular basis any more (again with the exception of engineering operations)?
But in the UK you hardly see it at all. With the exception of engineering trains, a freight train will almost always consist of a rake of the same type of wagon carrying the same type of cargo.
Why is this? Is it just something to do with the shorter distances involved?
Do we actually have any marshalling yards that do any marshalling on a regular basis any more (again with the exception of engineering operations)?