ABSTRACT

I t is only within recent years that the importance of an efficient and well-designed system of transhipping has been fully recognised by the British railway companies. The larger the railway system the greater is the need and the greater the scope for economy. Upon every system there are large towns between which good wagon loads can be secured without difficulty, as e.g. Manchester and Leeds, Derby and Bristol, London and Newcastle. But when one of the termini between which a small consignment has to be sent is a country village or a comparatively small town, and there is no regular stream of traffic, the obtaining of a good load under ordinary circumstances is a difficulty.