Comets. Bring Home the (Polish) Bacon
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IVE. more Leyland Comet 6-ton oilengtned refrigerator -vehicles, to supplement five already in use, have been ordered by the Polish Purchasing Commission in the United Kingdom, for the transport of pork and bacon to the Port of Gdynia for shipment to Great Britain under the Anglo-Polish
trade agreement. •
The vehicles will :comprise tractors with two-speed rear axles working in conjunction With live-speed gearboxes, and Dyson:. 8-10-ton detachable" s6rriiarticulated • trailers. The trailers are 23 ft. 6 Icing and caini bodies"insulated with Isoflex and plywood, built by Morrison Engineering, Ltd., Rochester. The refrigeration plant consists of a Prest631d condenser driven by a singlecylindered petrol engine.
Another overseas order for Comets conies from Hyderabad, where the Nizarn's State Railway has 'Ordered 15 more of these Vehicles. It already has 85 in service. Twelve of the new Comets will be long-wheelbase models and three will carry tank bodies for oil fuel. The Steel Barrel Co., Ltd., will build two 2,000-gallon tanks and' Darham Industries, Ltd., will construct the third tank, • which will be of 1,000-gallon capacity.
• The Comet chassis serves as a basis also of a tower wagon which is awaiting delivery to Cape Town City Tramway Co, Ltd. A workshop for the linesmen is built behind the cab. The 25-ft. threestage tower was constructed , by the Eagle Engineering Co., Ltd., Warwick.