the BBC container

[crazyrailfan]

I got video the other day of the BNSF QLACNYC604 which had British Broadcast Corporation's intermodal container that was sent around the world.

I know this video will never make RV, since I didnt have my tripod. just wanted to share it with you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux___9HJdL8

[WembYard]

Perhaps you could grab a still from the footage and send it to the BBC?

If anybody else spots this container, you can send your pictures in and read about the project HERE (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/business/2008/the_box/default.stm).

[JRMDC]

If anybody else spots this container, you can send your pictures in and read about the project HERE (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/business/2008/the_box/default.stm).

Thanks for the link, Janet. It lead to an interesting short article, and a reference to a longer article in Foreign Affairs (serious US foreign policy journal, bimonthly) by Mark Levinson, author of "The Box" which is an excellent history of containerization, albeit with a US focus (the idea did develop here, but there is also, for example, a full chapter on the impact of containerization on the city of New York).

I'll be tracking the issue down.

[JimThias]

I watched the video, even paused and tried to frame-by-frame it when the container was supposedly going by. I didn't see anything special...what am I missing?

Warning, if you watch this video, make sure the volume is turned down on your system or the sound will shred your speakers.

[JRMDC]

I watched the video, even paused and tried to frame-by-frame it when the container was supposedly going by. I didn't see anything special...what am I missing?


After the first train goes by (and there is that pointer inserted that shows nothing as far as I could see), there is a repeat when they show the container in question. Then a second view of the train. I may have the sequence wrong, I looked at it earlier today.

Janet provided the link that gives the post some sense. It is a specially painted (for the BBC) container whose movements are being tracked to give people a sense of how the container industry works.

[ssw9662]

I also got some photos and video of the container. The photo is attached and I will post links to the videos as soon as Youtube starts working again.

[MTM9]

Interesting concept. Was there ever any "special" power on any of the trains leading this container?