Publisher's Synopsis
Although widely deprecated both at the time and subsequently, the Beeching Report was not the wholly negative document of popular legend. Among the more positive aspects was Beechings vision of the potential for the railway industry of the container and BR was one of the pioneers in the rail-borne exploitation of this type of traffic.At Sectorisation in the mid-1980s, Freightliner was created as a separate business within Railfreight and at Privatisation was acquired by its management. The new owners started an aggressive policy of expanding the business, launching Heavy Haul in competition with ESW in 1996. Inheriting a motley selection
