Great Central Railway & LNER

Several of these gunpowder vans were built at Gorton in 1902. It is thought possible that a number had been built a few years previously by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway. At least 15 are known to have been built, all were extinct by 1947.

The van was of all metal riveted construction to an unusual design being some 15' in length with a low body height of 4' 5" and wheel base of 8' 6". Morton round bottomed axle boxes with Morton Cam brake were supplied from new.

GCR gunpowder vans were painted a bright red making them a distinct vehicle. They were seen throughout the GCR system and North Wales.

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Our model is based on a GCR drawing and notes by A Gunn taken in the early twenties in North Wales. Made from white metal our model has separate sides, including springs, and ends; etched brass w-irons and brake levers complete with white metal grease axle boxes, brake shoes and buffers with steel heads. A plastic preformed roof is supplied. The instruction sheet included gives detailed lettering and painting information. To download the most recent assembly instructions, current Version 1.00 released September 2004, 2 Sides A4 (37Kb 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 Great Central wagon liveries for product numbers.
• Three link couplings.
• Transfers - we recommend HMRS see Great Central wagon liveries for product numbers.

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

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