Caledonian Railway, LMS and BR

This vehicle is based on a drawing dated in 1912, and, although it is difficult to determine precise numbers built, it is known that at least 100 wagons (50 pairs) were built that year. These vehicles were permanently coupled and would always operate as a pair carrying all forms of long or over size loads such as timber, girders, rails or tubes. Principally these vehicles would have operated a specific service ie load at a designated point and return empty to that point. The principle service area would be in the central Scottish industrial belt but these vehicles would have ranged far and wide, throughout the UK, especially carrying finished goods.

Expected service life for these vehicles is at least 40 years of continual service, as is usual we have no withdrawal dates, although it is known many vehicles survived grouping and it is conceivable that some of the later batch may have survived into the mid 50's.

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Made from white metal our model has separate sides, ends and floor. Irrasier grease axleguards, white metal buffers and Morton break gear is supplied with wire to form brake safety loops. A comprehensive instruction sheet is provided with detailed lettering and painting information. To download the most recent Assembly Instructions Current Version 2.00 released August 2002, 2 Sides A4 (68Kb 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 open spoke wheels.
• Paint - we recommend Precision Paint or in some cases Humbrol Acrylic: see Caledonian wagon liveries for product numbers.
• Three link couplings.
• Transfers - we recommend HMRS or Caledonian Railway Association, see Caledonian wagon liveries for product numbers.

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Information on Caledonian Railway rolling stock components may be found here.

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Caledonian Railway Association

A list of railway book sellers may be found here.

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