Speedlink was a wagonload freight service operated by British Rail from 1977 to 1991 using air-braked wagons ==History== ===Background, 1970s=== In the late 1960s British Rail (BR) was loss making and government supported; government and British Rail management sought solutions and remedies to the problem of the declining wagonload business; in 19... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedlink