OIT – LMS-BR&BM-type containers (1-148)

The LMS (like other British railways) used very successful containers for transporting foodstuff, especially meat. Basically there were two modes of transportation: Cooling fresh meat by using well ventilated containers and Frozen meat using highly insulated containers with ice bunkers inside or in special roof bunkers. Most meat containers were either insulated or ventilated, but between 1935and 1938 the LMS built some BR-type containers being able to be used in both modes, with ice bunkers in the roof and ventilation openings which obviously could be closed, when the container was used for frozen meat. This batch of containers consists of 50 pieces of so called LOT886, built in 1935 (BR01…50), another 50 containers of LOT944, built in 1936 (BR51…100) and finally 25 containers of LOT1121, built in 1938 (BR101…125). The most obvious differences between them was the form of ice bunkers on the roof. Another difference is that the body of first two LOTs are made of plywood, were the las