DATING from the 1950s, DB Cargo’s fleet of ‘Salmon’ rail and sleeper carriers are now in the process of being replaced by new Wascosa-financed and GB Railfreight-operated FEA-W intermodal flats.
Based on a pre-Nationalisation London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMSR) design, more than 700 wagons were constructed by British Railways workshops at Wolverton and private builders between