British Rail Universal Trolley Equipment
- British Rail Universal Trolley Equipment
British Rail Universal Trolley Equipment (BRUTE) was a system of mobile containers used by British Rail from the late 1960s to the early 1980s to enable the sorting, handling and distribution of parcels, newspapers etc. in connection with railway operations.
Unlike traditional station trolleys they would be loaded each with parcels for a particular destination and wheeled into the train's luggage area. This saved train waiting time and also cut down on handling. They went out of use when the parcels service (known as "Red Star") was discontinued.
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