Flowers as a visible product

[johnwhelan]

Are there any? or even scenery?

Thanks John

 

[Forester1]

There are a few under type "Flora", but not a lot.

 

[stagecoach]

JVC did some.

 

[sister]

on clutter layer is possible to add flowers and other similar items

 

[johnwhelan]

on clutter layer is possible to add flowers and other similar items

But I think that in pure scenery.

John

 

[sister]

I know something is around but with old tranz-built (like 2.5 or about it)

 

[Pendolino]

I remember seeing flowers shipped by rail back in the '80s in Sanremo (a major flower growing city near the French border): they were packed in plain cardboard boxes. They were loaded on special boxcars placed at the head end of passenger trains. The boxcars were fitted with through cables for HEP and were certified to run at 120 kph (75 mph).

Some years ago there was an attempt to ship Dutch flowers by rail, using refrigerated 45' containers loaded on normal intermodal flatcars, but as far as I know it was not very successful and ceased operations after a while.

 

[johnwhelan]

1920 UK market garden type operation is what I'm after, same type of thing as my strawberry product. Yes they were shipped but I'm not sure how.

Thanks John

 

[KotangaGirl]

1920 UK market garden type operation is what I'm after, same type of thing as my strawberry product. Yes they were shipped but I'm not sure how.

Thanks John

John, from what I remember from my brief time working for a trucking company flowers were wrapped in cellophane and packed in stackable boxes like these. For the 1920s I would imagine that they wouldn't be using cardboard boxes, but some kind of slatted lightweight wooden box to permit good ventilation that could be easily stacked in a ventilated goods van.