Allied Steel and Wire, Railease, Standard Wagon

Some 49 wagons were converted from PEA Tip-air wagons in two batches by Standard Wagon Company of Heywood in 1987-1989. They were built to Desgin Code PO018A and numbered in the series 4560-79 and 5214-33 respectively. Fitted with BSC Frictional Pedestal suspension, air brakes and disc brakes on one wheel per axle these wagons were designed for a 60mph maximum speed and had a gross laden weight of 51 tonnes. These wagons featured vertical bracing in contrast to earlier wagons where horizontal bracing was found to be prone to catching scrap material.

All were built for hire by Railease to the Tremofora works of Allied Steel and Wire and were seen throughout the country on scrap trains to Cardith. With their distinctive black livery with yellow chevrons they were nick named 'Blackadders by wagon enthusiasts.

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Our POA wagon kit consists of an epoxy resin body with white metal axle boxes, steel headed buffers suitable for springing and features a Bedford design sprung suspension for easy running. A brass etched fret is supplied for the ladder.

The kit includes a fully detailed instruction sheet with drawings as required. To download the most recent assembly instructions, current Version 1.00 released September 2005, 4 Sides A4 (81Kb Acrobat 3.01 file).

To read the instructions you will need Adobe Acrobat reader (v3.01 or better). Click 'Get Acrobat Reader' to get a copy of Acrobat Reader: Note this may involve a long download of between 0.5 Mb & 8 Mb depending on the selected version.

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Items required to complete the model:-

• Wheels: 12mm diameter three hole disc wheel/disc brake wheels.
• Instanter link couplings
• Paint - we recommend Precision Paint or in some cases Humbrol Acrylic.
• Transfers/decal. A range of 51L transfers for the Raillease and Tiphook prefixed numbers is now available. To purchase see Wizard Models.

Paint, wheels and transfers are available from our sister company Wizard Models.

Information on modern image rolling stock components may be found here.

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Private Owner Wagons Volume 1, Marshall, Metro, P12-13
Update, compendium #2, P29-32
Update, compendium #4, P12-20
Railways in Profile No9 British Railway PO wagons Opens and Hoppers, P21
Working Wagons Volume 4, Larkin, P49
Modern Private Owner Wagons, David Ratcliffe, P75

Wagons on the Web
Paul Bartlett's site
Huw Millington's site
Paul Harrison's site

A list of railway book sellers may be found here.

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