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| Railways pioneer new freight containers |
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| Railways pioneer new freight containers |
In November 1982, NZR had only been a corporation for a matter of months, but had already been shifting from box wagons to containerisation of general freight. NZR designed, south Korean made side-loading containers were designed to improve the efficiency of shifting general goods. Notable these are NOT international standard containers so they are unsuitable for export freight, but rather for domestically loaded and unloaded pallets and small-lots of freight. These containers were driven by NZR engineers who thought it would enhance efficiency of handling to have containerisation of domestic freight, but ultimately it did not prove to be a long-term success. Curtainside wagons for pallets were much lighter, and with lower maintenance (no need to maintain containers as well as wagons). Of course containerisation would be key to the future, but not NZR bespoke containers, rather ISO standard containers.
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