Rail Inconvenient for New Cars
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fT was inconvenient to use the railway
for the delivery of new cars, because their tanks had to be drained before transit, and fresh petrol had to be brought to the arrival point in cans.
Mr. J. A. T. Hanlon, Northern Licensing Authority, was told this by a witness on Monday when G. A. Glendinning, Ltd., Shotley Bridge, County Durham, sought a B licence for a car transporter.
Mr. T. D. Kirkby, sales manager of a Newcastle upon Tyne concern of vehicle distributors, said that customers did not like to have new cars driven up from the works where they were made, and mentioned the snags in rail delivery.
When Mr, I. Robey, for British Railways, who objected, explained that petrol could not be carried in the tank of a car being hauled by rail under the Carriage of Goods by Rail Act, the Authority commented that this needed examination. Vehicles did not require to be drained for sea or air transport.
Mr, T. H. Campbell Wardlaw, for the applicants, said that their case was only the second of its kind to come from a heavily populated area.
The hearing was adjourned.
ROBERTS TANK FOR POINTER
piN eight-wheeled -articulated tanker supplied to Pointer's Transport Services, Ltd., Norwich, by Boshier. of Norwich, Ltd., has the largest road tank yet built by Charles Roberts arid Co., Ltd. The 3,600-gal, vessel is mounted on Cranes running gear and drawn by a Guy tractor.
The outfit weighs under It tons unladen and is designed for a gross load of 24 tons. It is the first of many for the growing Pointer fleet.
• Charles Roberts have made railway rolling stock for 100 years, but are now producing road vehicles because of a drop in railway . orders.
25 LEYLANDS FOR IBERIA FIFTEEN Leyland M.C.W. World". master 28-scat crush-loaders, similar to 125 already in service. have been ordered by. the municipal undertaking in Madrid, Spain, and 10 Worldmaster chassis are to be supplied to Oporto, Portugal. • All vehicles will have 18-ft. wheelbases and Pneumo-Cyclic gearboxes. The Oporto chassis, which will have locally built bodies, will _incorporate exhaust brakes.
BIG ORDER FOR A.E.C.
PAA FURTHER order to the value of nearly £50,000 has been placed by Usine et Tramways Electriques de Luxemburg with A.E.C., Ltd., for 16 Reliance and four Regal Mark IV buses, equipped with Monocontrol. The vehicles are special short-wheelbase versions designed to give a high power-to-weight ratio for operation in the Ardennes.