Rail freight
Subtitle: a contribution to the conservation of energy : conference sponsored by the Railway Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and the Private Wagon Federation, London 5 March 1981.
Contributors: Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Great Britain). Railway Division.; Private Wagon Federation.
Series: I Mech E conference publications ;; 1981-2
Publisher: Mechanical Engineering Publications; Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Published: 1981
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Railroads -- Freight -- Congresses.; Railroads -- Freight-cars -- Congresses.
Table of contents: value: Incentives and opportunities for energy efficiency; value: an oil company's view / F.C. Kelly and B.T. Huntley; value: The hirer's role in rail transportation / R.W. Bull; value: Rail freight international; the train ferry revival / J.A.C. Evans; value: Standardisation; value: its effect on freight economics / D.R. Taylor; value: A new look at brakework / D.W. Tandy; value: Some points about freight wagon development on the European continent during the last ten years with special reference to the work of ORE B12 Committee / N.H.C.E. Zeevenhooven; value: Economy of light weight design of vehicles in bulk transportation / J. Zehnder; value: Rail freight; value: future possibilities / R.W. Sparrow; value: More rail freight / F.J. Swindell.