Howardh
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Reading Wiki r/e the good old Twickenham Ferry (died 1974) registered in Dunkirk, reminded me in those days I saw many a cross channel ferry with rail tracks in them. Can't ever recall seeing a train on them, let alone one being loaded on/off, but must have happened.
Has anyone here experiences in that direction....why would trains be loaded onto boats (just cargo?) and does it still happen - if not in the UK then anywhere in the world and, er, why? Is it cheaper to carry cargo that way than to offload onto a ferry; or is everything containerised now?
Would they ever have been used for passengers, to keep them on the same train?
Has anyone here experiences in that direction....why would trains be loaded onto boats (just cargo?) and does it still happen - if not in the UK then anywhere in the world and, er, why? Is it cheaper to carry cargo that way than to offload onto a ferry; or is everything containerised now?
Would they ever have been used for passengers, to keep them on the same train?