Trying to hide in a Northamptonshire field at Wakerley, the final resting place of an Atlas Express Carriers articulated wagon. 'Atlas', 'Express', two words turned by bucolic retirement into oxymorons; when once they were a familiar message on 'trunk' roads and in station yards. I have seen these fading green truck bodies elsewhere in the neighbourhood, obviously a job lot in the same way as old railway wagons, shorn of their wheels and distributed over the countryside in order to live again as hay stores and pony stables. I particularly like the way that inclement weather is slowly revealing the previous livery underneath. But what do we know about them? I've got a feeling they were one of the first hauliers to take to the roads after the deregulation of the business- the demise of BRS with their beautiful red or green lorries crested with the British Railways lion badge. Or I might be talking out of my roped-down tarpaulin.
Halifax, West Yorkshire
2 days ago
9 comments:
I'm sad enough to have looked up BRS on Wikipedia, there is no mention of Atlas Express.
I hope this isn`t too off-message to qualify as an oxymoron but I recently saw beautifully painted and amongst all the other stuff on the cab doors of a huge artic on the M25 the words "TO INFINITY AND BEYOND".....back on Friday .
I liked that.
Ah, Atlas. First he held up the heavens. Then he held up the traffic. Then he was held up in a farmyard.
Marvellous Wilko.
Looking beyond the logo... I am rather enamoured by the four types of corrugation on show - they make for a rather fabulous texture.
Oh yes. Unmitigated England has more than its fair share of the corrugated stuff.
At least it isn't advertising 'cheap laminate flooring' like most I seem to whizz past on the m62.
I worked for Atlas for about 6 years and might well have hauled some of those trailers you saw around. Please see my Facebook page 'We worked for Atlas Express - The Carriers'
The shot of the Atlas Express trailer brings back lots of good childhood memories... My dad drove for them and I remember riding along in those green lorries. Thank you.
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