Containers: Dong Fang

[DJ Dangerous]

Dapol Dong Fang 20' box.

Print quality is not as bad as usual, love the opening doors, not a fan of the moulded body-coloured locking bars.

Thanks to @MOGUL for letting me know about these! Any info or phoros that anybody would like to share, eras, routes, contents etc, please feel free to do so!

 

 

[JasonB]

Nice container. I like the colour. Get the silver paint out for the locking bars.

I'm sure your probably doing nothing else anyway, other than sunning yourself  

[Broithe]

1 hour ago, JasonB said:

I'm sure your probably doing nothing else anyway, other than sunning yourself  

I'm hoping that he hasn't got one of JHB's thongs...

...but, that would be better than nothing, I suppose...

[JasonB]

5 hours ago, Broithe said:

I'm hoping that he hasn't got one of JHB's thongs...

...but, that would be better than nothing, I suppose...

Great. That's an image now burned into my memory forever   

[DJ Dangerous]

16 hours ago, JasonB said:

Great. That's an image now burned into my memory forever   

Lucky boy...

[Rob]

Only saw this now- looks good really l think.

Always a fan of the rare sightings of the Dong Fang!

[murphaph]

When would those Dong Fangs have been in service?

[Rob]

They were still on the go over the last couple of years but rare enough- usually one or so on any one train.

@MOGUL would no doubt know exact dates?

[MOGUL]

42 minutes ago, Rob said:

They were still on the go over the last couple of years but rare enough- usually one or so on any one train.

@MOGUL would no doubt know exact dates?

Didn’t realise I had been nominated the in house expert on Dongs..

2005 to present, so too late for IE unit load but they do lease to a good few shipping lines including COSCO who are their parent and CMA.. More widespread around 2015-2020 but still in liners, we just do less 20ft biz now

Edited January 18, 2024 by MOGUL

[murphaph]

Cheers guys. A little too late for me so.