Canarian Container Anorak

[DJ Dangerous]

CMA-CGM (CGMU5159852) and Maersk (MNBU0632351) 45' 2,9m HC reefers climbing the hill near Adeje earlier:

 

 

Edited September 21, 2022 by DJ Dangerous

[MOGUL]

On 20/9/2022 at 11:37 AM, DJ Dangerous said:

Never heard of Sea Axis before. 45' 2,9m palletwide box (SAXU4907658) being loaded with scrap metal at Las Chafiras this morning.

 

Looks like another Seacell unit, a 40ft PWHC again(4EG1 is a 40ft pallet wide).. I know there was/is an Axis leasing(bachmann did a model of their 13.6m units), guessing this is one of their sea containers

 

[DJ Dangerous]

2 hours ago, MOGUL said:

Looks like another Seacell unit, a 40ft PWHC again(4EG1 is a 40ft pallet wide).. I know there was/is an Axis leasing(bachmann did a model of their 13.6m units), guessing this is one of their sea containers

 

 

Is this the Bachmann Axis model?

https://www.hattons.co.uk/10476/bachmann_branchline_37_301a_2_intermodal_bogie_wagons_with_2_45ft_containers_axis_/stockdetail

 

40', not 45', oops!!!

 

Saw another CMA-CGM reefer (CGMU9411453) climbing the hill near Guia Isora around midday today!

 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

Boluda / Triton box in Fañabe this morning.

Refurbishing the hotel in the background so obviously contains stuff for them.

 

 

Edited October 31, 2022 by DJ Dangerous

[DJ Dangerous]

And a lovely HC 20' OPDR box last Wednesday morning by CC Gran Sur in Torviscas.

@Arran Doesn't do 20' HC's so he suggests cutting down a 40' HC to model this.

Width and ribs would be wrong but the look would definitely be correct.

 

[murphaph]

I love the mixing of units in the warning panel. It's like Irish roads until recently, distances in km and speed limits in mph.

[DJ Dangerous]

Passed a fabulous Boluda 40' earlier, the rust and damage would have made for a great photo, but it had vanished when I passed by again a few hours later.

[DJ Dangerous]

Not containers, but I went trainspotting today...

Not exactly a lot of variety on the line!

 

 

[popeye]

Where does it run to?

[DJ Dangerous]

6 minutes ago, popeye said:

Where does it run to?

 

From Santa Cruz up the hill to La Laguna. There's a shorter line that criss crosses the main line, between Tincer and La Cuesta. Fifteen years old this year. Nice green belt running through the city.

 

 

Edited November 10, 2022 by DJ Dangerous

[popeye]

Nice, I didn't think it was that old.

[DJ Dangerous]

2 hours ago, popeye said:

Nice, I didn't think it was that old.

The Tincer / La Cuesta line is newer, but I'm not sure how new exactly.

[DJ Dangerous]

Triton 2,9m / 9'6" reefer (TTNU-8493690) just off the TF1 at the Chio roundabout yesterday evening.

What the Hell is a UIC railway?

 

 

Edited November 12, 2022 by DJ Dangerous

[Galteemore]

https://uic.org/IMG/pdf/iea-uic_railway_handbook_2016.pdf

Edited November 12, 2022 by Galteemore

[popeye]

Nice reefer. What's the island in the distance?

[Broithe]

27 minutes ago, popeye said:

Nice reefer. What's the island in the distance?

There is limited Street View on there...

[DJ Dangerous]

On 12/11/2022 at 10:28 AM, Galteemore said:

https://uic.org/IMG/pdf/iea-uic_railway_handbook_2016.pdf

 

Found it just after I'd asked! Harmonising railways worldwide, basically. Great idea.

 

On 12/11/2022 at 4:40 PM, popeye said:

Nice reefer. What's the island in the distance?

 

La Gomera, almost permanently visible.

 

[DJ Dangerous]

Cute little TESU box (TESU-2189890) in the poligono industrial of Adeje on October 4th this year.

A 22G1 is supposed to be 20' x 8' x 8'6", but this one has some sort of warning panel on the side, like a HC would.

Maybe the panel says 2.6m.

 

 

[MOGUL]

Looks like a standard 20ft 8ft 6 box, 33.2CBM on the door confirms it..

The sign looks like a caution 8ft 6in one, must be a very old box(can't make out on the CSC plate on the door)

Were you there hunting strays?

[DJ Dangerous]

1 hour ago, MOGUL said:

Looks like a standard 20ft 8ft 6 box, 33.2CBM on the door confirms it..

The sign looks like a caution 8ft 6in one, must be a very old box(can't make out on the CSC plate on the door)

Were you there hunting strays?

 

LOL, no, won't be doing much hunting this side of Christmas / Reyes!

Just happened to be walking past and saw it.

Also see quite a few WEC boxes lately, like this one across the road from Paloma Beach in Los Cristianos today.

The doors are a wierd shape.

 

[DJ Dangerous]

Another WEC box parked across the road from Paloma Beach today, a bit more patchy than the last one.

 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

More non-container stuff...

Saw these two chaps landing out the back of the office earlier...

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Edited November 25, 2022 by DJ Dangerous

[MOGUL]

The doors on the Wec boxes have inset handles, that’s why the door looks strange from the inside..

this showed up in Ballina today, 20ft with 8ft 6 in yellow square like your TESU box

[DJ Dangerous]

Is that why the WEC doors are curved at the top and bottom instead of straight?

That DFSU box looks nicely battered, just like the TESU one.

[DJ Dangerous]

A few nice boxes today:

 

[DJ Dangerous]

Older photos, 20th July 2020, a month or two after lockdown (here) ended and the pandemic was over for us.

A P&O NedLloyd box (PONU-7348565) by the golf course in Adeje.

A retired 12,2m (40') long, 2,4m (8') wide and 2,9m (9'6") tall HC drybox by the look of it.

 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

Wow!

FOUR blue boxes outside Decathlon in La Laguna today!

All proper palletwide boxes, too, none of this namby pamby narrow-gauge container nonsense.

 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

Not a container but nice nonetheless, an old school TITSA bus!

 

[MOGUL]

On 17/12/2022 at 4:54 PM, DJ Dangerous said:

Older photos, 20th July 2020, a month or two after lockdown (here) ended and the pandemic was over for us.

A P&O NedLloyd box (PONU-7348565) by the golf course in Adeje.

A retired 12,2m (40') long, 2,4m (8') wide and 2,9m (9'6") tall HC drybox by the look of it.

 

 

Looks like a weathering challenge for @murphaph

[DJ Dangerous]

On 21/12/2022 at 5:14 PM, MOGUL said:

Looks like a weathering challenge for @murphaph

 

I don't think that there IS such a thing as a challenge for @murphaph. One of his boxes somehow made its way down here...

 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

Saw this box earlier. Something odd about the dimensions, dunno what it was. And who the Hell is poor old Arie van Donge?

 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

Jackpot today, SIX boxes parked behind Decathlon in La Laguna this afternoon, two of those OPDR's and two of them, wait for it @murphaph, were ContainerShips!

Forgive the large number of photos, but I got very excited. I'll review them on the PC another day and delete some if necessary.

 

 

[JasonB]

On 23/12/2022 at 12:32 PM, DJ Dangerous said:

And who the Hell is poor old Arie van Donge?

Going by the name. Probably had a short lived career in the "adult " film industry, before making the move into transport. 

[JasonB]

1 hour ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Forgive the large number of photos, but I got very excited. I'll review them on the PC another day and delete some if necessary.

Delete none of them. Great to have a thread with various containers, pictured from different positions. 

This, I really like... 

[popeye]

I think that just about covers it, but you missed the roofs.