The Christmas Quiz

For some unaccountable reason, the annual Christmas Quiz has built up quite a following. This year, we have literally one person asking when it will appear. So, faced with that sort of fanbase, we have had a bit of think for this year. Brace yourselves.

The answers to all the questions are the names of narrow gauge locomotives. Almost all are steam locomotives, all still exist, and "preservation era" names are GENERALLY avoided. To give you a fighting chance, we tell you the name of the loco builder in brackets - except for a few cases where that would be far too much of clue. One could therefore divine that the absence of this clue is a clue in itself.   What we want is the name of the loco, and the railway on which it is normally to be found. So, let's do a simple example:-

Market town in Weardale (Kerr Stuart) - the correct answer is, of course, Stanhope and Apedale Valley Light Railway.

In the words of That Meerkat - Simples. OK, here goes:-

1. An Post delivers this (Hunslet).
2. Initially named for the railway promoter's daughter; had a famously short and precipitous operating life (?).
3. Author who owned a narrow boat called Crecy (Barclay, sort-of).
4. Robin Hood’s girlfriend (Hunslet)
5. A nymph of Greek mythology and a character from The Faerie Queene (Hunslet)
6. French General, most known for regrouping the retreating allied armies to defeat the Germans at the strategically decisive First Battle of the Marne in 1914 (Kerr Stuart)
7. Name shared by a Kerr Stuart Wren and a Bagnall saddle tank.
8. Basil’s wife (Hunslet)
9. Part of an Abbey or Cathedral (Hunslet)
10. Prime Minister  twice over, died in 1865 (?)
11. Only Manchester-born Welshman to have been Prime Minister (?)
12. Yet another Prime Minister twice-over (Yorkshire Engine)
13. Creation of J.M.Barrie (Kerr, Stuart)
14. Friend of the above (Bagnall)
15. Pussy Cat in the Archers (Hunslet)
16. First Letter of the Greek alphabet (Bagnall)
17. Appropriately named Bagnall Fireless which worked with the above ....why is it appropriate?
18. Built at BAE Warton (amongst other places) (Paxman)
19. A street in south Leeds (Hunslet)
20. Titular character of an 1869 book set in Devon (Kerr Stuart)
21. Not a Scottish Horse – it’s a?  (?)
22. 1938 film starring the 40^th President (Kerr Stuart)
23. Happened on August 11, 1999 especially in Cornwall (Not Steam – now!)
24. One of the six in the North (Peckett)
25. Song by Barry Ryan, covered by The Damned (OandK)

Next, the Tie Breaker - which is nothing whatsoever to do with the above theme!

Tie Breaker:- What connects a small town near Huddersfield with the Tannhäuser Gate (where c-beams glitter in the dark)?

If it is STILL a tie after the Tie Breaker, then the non-existent prize will be awarded based on the usual combination or prejudice and/or spite. Get in touch here with your quiz answers or requests for help (which will probably be ignored).

Finally, and most importantly, it just remains to thank everyone who has been to see us at Apedale in 2014, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and we'll see you in 2015.

Sorting the Naughty from the Nice

Santa has paid his first visit to the Apedale Light Railway for 2014. It all seems to have gone jolly well, with lots of well-laden trains and rather less presents left in the Grotto at the end of it all. The Hudswell steam loco has made its debut on this duty. It can be confirmed that the footplate - with no cab back - is a tad on the chilly side, especially towards the end of the day. Stanhope - all is forgiven! Fortunately, Santa seems to have been fairly forgiving, even to the Children who began "well, it's like this - Santa, I can explain everything....."- so all seem to have received a present in the end. Whether Santa will be so forgiving to the MRT Trustees remains to be seen.
Next Sunday - 21/12/14 is now sold out, but there are a few seats remaining on the Saturday 20/12/14 -  especially on the first and last trains. The book-ahead deadline has now passed, but the site here shows which trains still had space.
But remember - Sata has elves everywhere. You are being watched. Get in touch here and tell us if you are naughty or nice.

Here comes Santa Claus....

Yes, only six sleeps until the Man in the Red Coat lands the sleigh at Apedale Road and hoardes of bright eyed and eager children look forward to unburdening their present wish list on him. The Grotto is built and looks better than ever, and the train has so many fairy lights on it that we're getting letters of complaint from aircraft approaching Manchester Airport. Stanhope and the Joffre have been put to bed for the winter, so the honour of hauling the trains will fall to the Hudswell. We still have some seats available for the first weekend - we've passed the booking cut-off date for that, so it will be on a "turn up" basis now. Booking finishes for the second weekend on the 11th - and there are only a few seats available for that - so please book NOW here if you want to join in the fun.

Yet another Hudswell update

Both regular readers will have followed the trials and tribulations of the two parallel Hudswell Clarke restoration jobs at Apedale with something close to disinterest. You will therefore be pleased to hear that both jobs are now close to completion. The last major job on the diesel - D558 - was to rebuild the front coupling block which had suffered rather badly in the gentle care of the stone quarry where the loco operated. A new block has been fabricated and has now been trialled on the loco. All looks good, just need to source a couple of huge bolts, and then there's a few minor cosmetic jobs left (on the optimistic assumption that the radiator leak has cured).
On the external combustion front, HC1238 has had a lot of tinkering and fiddling going on to resolve some teething issues, but there did seem to be some success today. This led to the loco being transferred to the Operational section of the Loco Availability board in a brief, but somehow tear-jerking, ceremony. All being well, the loco will now be used to operate the Santa Trains, which means the crew are hoping for a winter more like those in Ghana than those we sometimes see down t'Valley. As ever, get in touch here.

Winter maintenance

With the Pilk now officially back on its feet and looking towards an early discharge from the casualty unit, other winter maintenance jobs have been occupying the volunteers of the Apedale Vally Light Railway. Coach maintenance and greasing fishplates isn't particularly photogenic, but welding up holes in steam locos is. The Hudswell Clarke steam loco made its triumphant return to steam in September. Inevitably, there is a small snag list of minor problems which emerged during early running. One of these was the need to re-route the oil pipes from the displacement lubricator to the cylinders; this involved sealing the previous hole used to penetrate the smokebox. Hence the welding. Another minor job has been fixing the replica "AngloGold Ashanti No.9" plates, which have doubled.the weight of the loco, but do give a nice "finished" air. Not sure yet which loco will work the Santas - time will tell if this new upstart will displace the old-faithful "Stanhope" on this prime job. Mentioning Santa - don't forget, still time to book here. Get in touch here.

Poorly Pilk

Visitors to Apedale may have noticed that the diesel passenger service has, in the latter part of the season, been operated exclusively by the yellow Baguley Drewry. This is because the other air braked diesel, No.13 (Motor Rail 11142) has been distinctly unwell. This loco used to work for Pilkington Glass - hence known to one and all at Apedale as "The Pilk". There had been a little concern about the clutch earlier in the year, but some minor adjustments seemed to resolve the problem. Then, one Saturday mid-season, the driver found it was emitting the most horrendous noises of mechanical trauma. The driver sensibly stopped the engine - fortunately with the train stood safely at Silverdale Station, called for assistance, and that was that for The Pilk for the time being. The need to prioritise other matters - like the Tracks to the Trenches event - meant that the repair had to wait its turn. That turn is now with us.
When Motor Rail locos are built, the first thing to be added to the basic frame is a gearbox. Then the clutch. Then everything else. Hence, getting into the clutch means almost everything else has to come off the loco, leaving it with a rather stripped-down, racy look. The failure appears to be due to a cracked outer race in a clutch bearing deciding to finally let go completely. The bearing has now been replaced, and the loco is at the re-assembly stage. Hopefully this will be complete by the time we reach the Santa Season, details of which can be here. As ever, get in touch here.  

Prometheus gets its railway back! Moseley Railway Trust accepts track donation from National Grid

In 2013, the Moseley Railway Trust took receipt of a battery powered electric locomotive following donation by National Grid. This locomotive was used at the National Grid’s cable tunnels at Woodhead, high in the Pennines.  The Woodhead tunnels were originally built to carry mainline trains from Sheffield to Manchester. This led to the battery locomotive being nick-named “Prometheus” by Trust members – after one of the mainline locomotives which used to operate through the Woodhead Tunnel.

“Prometheus” is now a popular member of the Trust locomotive fleet. The National Grid has continued its project in the Woodhead cable tunnels, and this led to the railway track upon which “Prometheus” operated also becoming available. The Moseley Railway Trust is therefore delighted to have taken delivery from Woodhead of some 500 metres of 2’0” gauge track and three sets of points from Woodhead. This track, in good condition, will be used by the Trust when it commences construction of the next phase of the passenger carrying Apedale Light Railway further along the Apedale Community Country Park.
Phil Robinson, MRT Chairman said “Once again, we are indebted to National Grid and their continued support of our work to develop the site and railway at Apedale. It’s unusual to have a locomotive in preservation operating on the same track which it used when in industry – it’s just that both loco and track have moved 60 miles from the Peak District to North Staffordshire. Our volunteers are very much looking forward to putting this track to good use”.
David Smith, who is looking after the Woodhead Tunnels for National Grid said “This track and loco have served us well for many years and we are very pleased that they can continue in useful service … hopefully for many years to come.”

As ever, get in touch with us here.

The end of the Season

This weekend has marked the end of the 2014 season at the Apedale Valley Light Railway. It has been a memorable year, generally for the right reasons. The highlights have included the opening of Apedale Road Station in April, the completion of the restoration of the Hudswell Clark steam loco in August, and (also in August) the return to traffic of the Kerr, Stuart Joffre locomotive. September saw the epic Tracks to the Trenches event, about which much newsprint and cyberspace pixels have been expended - and thank you to everyone for their kind and positive comments.
The season was rounded off with the Halloween weekend, which is a good opportunity for some fairly large-scale mucking about. Things were slightly spoilt by the discovery that we had forgotten to tell the P-Way gang working on the Field Railway that it was time to go home. Apparently, they had been there since 2011 waiting for a cup of tea and a Pot Noodle. Still, these things happen.
The replacement P-Way gang will now get to work on the Winter Maintenance Programme, along with the servicing on the passenger stock and all the other essential Winter Maintenance tasks. These will, hopefully, be complete in time for the Santa Campaign on December 13, 14, 20 and 21st December - find out more here. And, as ever, get in touch here.

Stanhope's Holidays

An engine which has been rather out of the limelight in these pages recently has been the Apedale flagship - "Stanhope". In all the fuss about Joffres and Hudswells and all that new-fangled nonsense, the old workhorse has rather gone to ground. In fact, "Stanhope" has been on holiday at the North Gloucestershire Railway at Toddington. The deal was that it came to Gloucestershire as a return load whilst the NGR Brigadelok was doing its stuff at Apedale during World War One. A little more shed space was, temporarily, also extremely welcome. The NGR is also host to a second Brigadelok - the second one is restored to the condition in which it worked for Sena Sugar. Not sure the face was a feature in Mozambique, but who knows. All good things come to an end, and "Stanhope" will be returning to Apedale in the next few weeks, as the NGR operating season has now come to an end with their annual Gala. The Brigadelok, by the way, is heading even further north - to Alston. This is a destination reached by roads which have the road haulier in a cold sweat. This coming weekend, 11 and 12 October, will be the last chance to see the Brigadelok in operation at Apedale - we expect to operate this plus the new Hudswell HC1238. See here for opening times etc, and (as ever) get in touch here.

That's the way to do it....

The Apedale Valley Light Railway hosted a birthday party yesterday. In a rather unusual twist, the party had a Punch & Judy man set-up at Apedale Road station. Very well-loaded trains took the guests to and from this venue, where all concerned seemed to enjoy the usual display of domestic violence. We have to say that the whole thing was extremely well planned by the mother concerned, who we rather hoped might volunteer as roster clerk for the railway. Now that the war is over, we are open every Saturday until end October plus Sundays 12 & 26th October. We're doing Halloween on the 25th & 26th October, when the usual Halloween high-jinks will take place, with the cast of Witches, Werewolves and the Undead. Budding Zombies should get in touch here.

A Bale of Turtles

During the mega-shunt which took place on Monday after Tracks to the Trenches, the Organisers decided we would set-up the photos you see. We think it is the first time, in the preservation era, that one of each type of the 40HP Motor Rail locos - known as Tin Turtles - have been together. From left, 2182 is an Armoured type - based at Leighton Buzzard. Then we see our own Protected loco, and finally two Opens - Mike Hart's MR435, usually to be found at the Ffestiniog Railway, and Amberley's MR1381. Lurking out of sight in the shed is the "Forgotten Turtle" - MR1320 - also known as The Block of Flats. This one doesn't get out much, largely due to the scary condition of the wheels, engine and most of the rest of it. It is probably worth just reviewing the other Tin Turtles which survive. LR3098 belongs to the NRM and is the twin of our own LR3090 - both being ex-Knostrop sewage works. This loco VERY nearly came to the event, but last minute problems sadly meant that this was not to be. The Ffestiniog is also host to "Mary Ann"; this was on the event wish-list, but has wheels to FR specs, not ours. A failure to pass our back-to-back gauge meant trouble with check rails was almost guaranteed, so a no-go. Duxford museum hosts MR1364, entombed in the Land Warfare Hall. Finally is the enigmatic Hibberd 2914. This standard gauge loco, once at Chasewater and now somewhere in Staffordshire, almost certainly incorporates the frames of a 40HP Turtle. So, we make that five of the nine survivors at Apedale for the weekend, which isn't bad, is it? The collective noun for Turtles is a Bale, by the way.

Day Two of Tracks to the Trenches

What a day! Just one more chance to see sights like these - see you tomorrow, perhaps? Details here.

The Big Push Finally Begins

Tracks to the Trenches is Go! Day one complete, and quite light losses so far to enemy action (although the beer tent seemed ready to claim a few victims as night was falling). One of the losses from an earlier artillery strike, however, is shown in the photo.
See you this weekend? Details here.

All Present, Ready and Correct, Sir!!

Yet more arrivals from all corners of the UK - Vale of Rheidol, Deepest Derbyshire, Statfold and Leighton Buzzard. The booked line-up is now complete for Tracks to the Trenches. But will there be any last-minute surprise extras? There's only one way for you to find out!!

Dimensionally Transcendental

The steady stream of arrivals of exhibits for Tracks to the Trenches has continued. Recent arrivals have been Mike Hart's Motor Rail 435 - a previously unannounced entry to the event, and one which has already found considerable approval from some of our volunteers as it is fitted with an electric-start Gardner engine, as built in somewhere called Patricroft. This loco was LR2156. Our friends in Skegness, the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway Historic Vehicles Trust have sent a Class P Ration Wagon, which makes an interesting contrast with the similar wagon from Amberley which arrived a few weeks ago via the War and Peace show. The two Welsh Highland Heritage Railway locos - Motor Rail 264 and Baguley 760 arrived in some style. MR264 is, of course, the oldest Motor Rail in Great Britain. Finally, and perhaps best of all, the long-awaited arrival of HC1238 - the Trust's Very Own Steam loco - took place. This, along with the Joffre and Brigadelok - took part in a photo charter, and very good it all seemed to. Many, many Pixels were harmed during the day. All of these things seem to go into the various sheds without too many problems, which is vaguely troubling as the buildings were full before. Apparently, the buildings now exist in a different dimension to the rest of the site, which is a contingency not considered when we wrote the Safety Management System. One by-product of this is that the Red Shed can now be used to travel in time. We have gone forward  a week, came back, and can report that the Tracks to the Trenches event was absolutely brilliant. But why take our word for it? Come and see for yourself next Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Details are here. Get in touch here.

Tracks to the Trenches - the influx begins

Two further major exhibits for Tracks to the Trenches have now arrived. Firstly - representing the Central Power - a really rather splendid Henschel-built Brigadelok. Rescued from a sugar factory in Poland, it is normally resident on the North Gloucstershire Railway at Toddington. With significantly more wheels than we are used to at Apedale - but thankfully an even number - there was some trepidation as it set off on a gauging run round the railway network. However, it would seem that the Klein-Lindner devices work just fine, and no significant problems came to light. A number of our members were seen with that "I wonder what my bank balance is?" look on their faces. With kit like this, it's amazing the Germans lost.

Equally significant, but in a different way, was the arrival of the "B" class wagon. This is a rebuild of a long-lost variant of one of the WDLR wagon types. This useful vehicle could carry bulk stores but could also carry stretcher cases back from the front lines. Being a four wheeler, it will be able to penetrate the far reaches of the Field Railway/Trench Tramway network. Less than two weeks to go now until the Big Weekend. As ever, get in touch here.

A day to remember

It's not often we feature anywhere other than Apedale on this site - but today we make an exception. Because today was a launch event at Statfold for the Moseley Railway Trust's Hudswell Clark no. 1238. You may recall that this loco was repatriated from Ghana in 2008 and has been rebuilt since. The job is now finished, and it has been testing/final de-snagging at the Statfold Barn Railway. It made a fine sight, running with two of SBR's resident Hudswells. There were speeches and train rides and all sorts. Sadly, the Red Arrows couldn't make it, but the amazing collection of narrow gauage locos at SBR more than made up for that. HC1238 will be moving to Apedale in the next couple of weeks for final testing before the public launch at Tracks to the Trenches on 12, 13 and 14 September. As ever, get in touch here.

Testing, testing, 1 , 2, 3

The new Field Railway at Apedale is approaching completion; given that's there's only three weeks to the Big Event, that is probably a Good Thing. We have therefore now started testing all the new track work with a couple of vehicles which have shown as certain affinity for earth faults in the past - specifically, The Water Tank wagon and the Joffre. Cue shudders of fear all round. To some surprise, both vehicles performed impeccably on the Field Railway - but then the Joffre declined to enter the new Museum sidings. Some subtle alterations were taking place, and doubtless the problems will be solved before too long. It better had be, because there aren't many working days left now! The suspense is killing us all. You'll all be able to find out if we succeed (or not) on September 12, 13 & 14. The management have taking to using phrases like "Failure is not an option" and suggesting the PW gang walk alarmingly close to ponds filled with Piranha fish. You can find more about the event here and don't delay if you want to book advance tickets - the deadline for this is now VERY close. Get in touch here.

Making tracks - to the Trenches

There's only a couple of weekend left now until Tracks to the Trenches - and inevitably the pressure is now done to get as much infrastructure in place as possible. The Big Railway uses High Output Ballast Cleaners and Kirow cranes. We use a skip wagon, Mick and James. The second option is somewhat more affordable than the first. The plan is beginning to come together - but we are keeping a few little surprises up the proverbial sleeve which you won't read about here - you'll need to pay your (very reasonable) entry fee and come along and look for yourself. The Trench Tramway is shaping up - this is a lightweight spur from the main "field" running line and features a gradient which the Snowdon Mountain Railway would be proud of. Still, test trains have run up and down it with no real problems (once the rack gear was fitted). You can still buy advance tickets for the event here - but note that the closing date is 1st September - so don't delay. All details on the event can be found here. As ever, get  in touch here.

Delusions of Grandeur

Well, Teddy Bears' weekend has come and gone. Star of today's photo from the event is Phil the Guard. Here Phil can be seen proudly signalling the train to depart from Apedale Rd Station on the first day back into service of our World War One Kerr Stuart Joffre loco. We have a feeling that both are starting to get delusions of grandeur.

It all started last week with the transmission of the third of the series of "Railways of the Great War", presented by Michael Portillo on BBC2. You can still see it on i-Player here.

This programme included a section on the role that 600mm gauge tactical light railways played in the logistics of the war effort. Michael visited Apedale earlier this year and we helped him to illustrate various aspects of light railway construction and operation using our extensive collection. He was shown laying a section of pre-fabricated track and driving one of the then high-tech Simplex petrol locomotives, comparing it to the more traditional Joffre steamer. Phil explained the advantages of railways compared with road vehicles for transporting the vast quantities of supplies over waterlogged terrain. It all seemed to come across quite well in the programme. Ever since his appearance, though, Phil has been asking people what they thought of the programme, whether they would like his autograph and offering his services to open local fetes etc. We think that fame has gone to his head.

The last thing we heard was that he was writing a book. Fortunately, it isn't his autobiography; it's a history of another survivor from the same era as the Joffre which will soon be back running on Apedale rails in time for our Tracks to the Trenches event. More about that soon, but in the meantime if you come across Phil at Apedale, don't forget to remark on his recent appearance and ask him how Michael is doing. You can also compliment Phil via our website here, in addition to any more serious enquiries.

A Narrow Gauge Survivor

One of the Kerr Stuarts in service during the conflict 

On the centenary of the outbreak of the war to end all wars, we take a look at one veteran of the conflict that is once again in fine fettle. The last time we mentioned our Kerr Stuart Joffre locomotive was back in February, when the casting for its new cylinder had just left the foundry.

If you recall, this engine was one of seventy delivered to the French Commission for their Artillery Railways to a specification similar to their existing Decauville design. These were sent out in 1915 and 1916 to take up their duties supplying ammunition and supplies to the front lines using a network of light railways.

To find out more about the role railways played in the conflict, tune in to Michael Portillo's mini-series currently screening on BBC 2 "Railways of the Great War", which is on at 18:30 each evening until Thursday this week. We are hoping to appear in the Wednesday episode, but we've not seen it yet so don't know whether the Joffre's "good side" will feature, but we certainly expect our Simplex locos to make an appearance, together with guest driver.

On test with new cylinder

As to the Kerr Stuart (No 3014 of 1916), several months of work have seen the cylinder firstly stress-relieved and then machined to the original drawings, a task involving many weeks of painstaking work, any error in which would see the new casting written-off. It was eventually delivered to Apedale on Tuesday last week, during our annual volunteer working week. Several more days of work followed and the locomotive was ready to test on Sunday. We are delighted to report that everything worked perfectly, which will allow the loco to return to the roster shortly.

So, after having been enthused by the telly programme to learn more, don't forget to visit us see this engine and others in action at the Tracks to the Trenches event on September 12th - 14th. Have we mentioned that before? You can book tickets here.

Sharing Heritage: Moseley Railway Trust celebrates £9200 Heritage Lottery Fund grant

The Moseley Railway Trust has received a Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) Sharing Heritage grant, it was announced today. The Trust has been awarded a grant of £9200. This money will be used to develop an Industrial Railway Trail around the Trust’s site at Apedale, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. This exciting project will allow the Moseley Railway Trust to demonstrate and display its collection of industrial narrow gauge railway locomotives and wagons for the benefit of visitors to Apedale. A key part of the Railway Trail is a new stretch of narrow gauge railway, and construction work has now started on this – the work is being carried out by the Trust’s volunteers. All being well, the new railway will be operational for the “Tracks to the Trenches” gala on September 12, 13 and 14. This event will commemorate the role which small railways played in the First World War – and the new railway, funded by the HLF Sharing Heritage grant will play a key part in this!

Sharing Heritage is a new funding programme to help people across the UK explore, conserve and share all aspects of the history and character of their local area.

The Moseley Railway Trust is a registered charity. It exists to preserve, conserve and interpret narrow gauge railway locomotives and other artefacts. This work is carried out at the Apedale site by a team of volunteers. The volunteers are a very diverse group of all ages and backgrounds – the Trust prides itself on having an active group of younger members, who are able to learn genuine skills as they carry out work on the site. The Trust arrived on the Apedale site in 2006, and opened a passenger carrying railways, known as the Apedale Valley Light Railway, in 2010. The key current development on site is the construction of a large museum to fully display the Trust’s collections.

Commenting on the award, Phil Robinson, Moseley Railway Trust Chairman said “We are absolutely delighted to have been awarded this grant from HLF. It will allow us to improve the Apedale site and also increase the skills and knowledge of all our members. We very much look forward to working with HLF on this project, and hopefully others in the future”.

Reyahn King, Head of the Heritage Lottery Fund West Midlands, said: “Sharing Heritage is a wonderful opportunity for communities to delve into their local heritage and we are delighted to be able to offer this grant so that the Moseley Railway Trust can embark on a real journey of discovery. Heritage means such different things to different people, and HLF’s funding offers a wealth of opportunities for groups to explore and celebrate what’s important to them in their area.”

Waterhouses Junction is ours

Regular readers (both of you) will have seen the steady advance of the New Field Railway to the site of the Triangle known as Waterhouses Junction  (for reasons too complex to relate right now). Give the weather on Saturday, the Waterhouses bit is well deserved. Still, at least we weren't sat in a field in Folkestone.
Track laying has now passed WH North, and this weekend passed WH South and then kept going until we ran out of trackbed. At that point, the Groundworks man turned up and built some more trackbed. You just can't win. Work has now started on the curve towards WH East, which will connect to the Trench Tramway via a passable impersonation of the Snowdon Mountain Railway. It will also connect the previous, infamous, field Railway. This connection will finally allow the Apedale equivalent of the Lost Legion - a couple of Rustons marooned in the Field Railway Container - access to the complete railway system again. Meanwhile, the search has now started for Abt Rack fitted Motor Rails. All leads to here, please.