Hornby 1:76 containers

[DJ Dangerous]

On 19/5/2022 at 1:10 AM, popeye said:

It's hard to put a prototypical liner together as not all containers are available, there will always be ones you will never get.

And new containers will be added to trains over the years.

I try to buy containers I want as they become available.

I've started buying 45's even though there are no wagons to put them on, YET. 

 

Don't go too crazy buying 45's just yet, as you never know what 45's are around the corner...

 

On 6/3/2021 at 9:49 AM, Arran said:

HI All

at some point i will probably take the plunge but i have been waiting to see if 45ft reefers become more prevalent on the rails in the UK and Ireland , and they seem to be even in Ireland

Regards Arran 

 

[popeye]

I managed to get all the 45s on my wish list, so I'm sorted for now. 

[DJ Dangerous]

3 hours ago, popeye said:

I managed to get all the 45s on my wish list, so I'm sorted for now. 

 

You lucky dancing banana!

[DJ Dangerous]

What are the Dream Box and Power Box containers? Are they owned by a bigger company and branded that way for a reason? Do / did they run in Ireland?

[MOGUL]

On 17/8/2022 at 1:16 AM, DJ Dangerous said:

What are the Dream Box and Power Box containers? Are they owned by a bigger company and branded that way for a reason? Do / did they run in Ireland?

They are Bachmann 13.6m units from the 2000s, both companies were leasors I think.. I don't think they ever ran in Ireland, the only flow I know of was some being used for Supermarket traffic(Safeway?) in the UK, i'm going to say from Deanside Transit to Warrington Dallam.. But @Arranwould be better informed on the UK than me!

 

[murphaph]

I picked up the 40' Hanjin 8'6 and the 20' DAL 8'6 dry boxes in Marks the other day. I mainly wanted the Hanjin but I'm wondering does anyone know for sure if such a DAL container ever ran in Ireland?

Credit to the unknown photographer.

[MOGUL]

On 5/2/2023 at 7:03 PM, murphaph said:

I picked up the 40' Hanjin 8'6 and the 20' DAL 8'6 dry boxes in Marks the other day. I mainly wanted the Hanjin but I'm wondering does anyone know for sure if such a DAL container ever ran in Ireland?

Credit to the unknown photographer.

I would say unlikely I'm afraid.. DAL were east Africa specialists(bought out by Hapag in 2020).. The only time I have seen DAL equipment in Ireland, was a small pile in CTS in Dublin Port.. Not sure if they ever moved from there even! 

[murphaph]

Cheers Mogul. I will have to use rule 1 on it then lol. The above pic is from a series taken in GB (on the railway) so they got that far at least. That will have to do

[Rob]

You could respray into one that was around in the 1990's !!

[murphaph]

It was around in the 90's Rob...it may have travelled by rail, but it seems unlikely, but not impossible. I can live with that