C-Rail Intermodal KTA pocket wagon
◆ GAUGE ‘N’
◆ MODEL KTA Pocket Intermodal wagon
◆ PRICE £30.00 (£35.00 weathered)
◆ AVAILABILITY C-Rail Intermodal
Web
www.c-rail-intermodal.co.uk
In an effort to enhance capacity without increasing transport costs significantly, the adoption of 9ft 6in tall shipping containers provided UK railway operators with a few headaches. While the old ‘standard’ of 8ft 6in height could be accommodated throughout much of the British network on traditional flat intermodal wagons, the taller boxes called for a different solution.
Certain routes received gauge clearance work, whereby tunnels and overbridges and other impedimenta were modified, but this came at huge cost. An alternative was to create new wagon types that would allow the taller containers to sit closer to the rails. A good example is the ‘Megafret’ vehicles, which feature a traditional flat deck, but carried on low-profile bogies equipped with tiny wheels.