London North Western Railway, LMS & BR

The D147 and 321 non corridor lavatory stock carriages were built at Wolverton in 1907, almost certainly as set trains. Some 10 D147's and 20 D321's were built and were used as three coach trains with a D147 in between two D321 brakes. They were used for semi fast services between Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester via the North Staffordshire line. Some trains consisted of two sets which combined or divided at Crewe. All 10 sets stayed in their original formation until Grouping except one which was disbanded in 1922. In 1922, with the introduction of the inter corridor sets, these carriages were transferred to the Central Wales line (4 sets), and The Northampton District (4 sets). In about 1923/4 these latter sets were redesignated Manchester Llandudno sets and renumbered. It would appear that all the sets were disbanded at around 1930 and the carriages became 'loose' vehicles.

The D146 of which 85 were built at around the Great War period were used to strengthen trains and worked loose.

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Made from etched brass our model has white metal bogies side plates with brass bogie plate, white metal underframe and roof detailing pieces and brass round (D147, D321) or white metal Spencer pattern (D146) sprung buffers. Plastic for the floor, compartment walls and preformed aluminium roof is supplied. This model comes complete with detailed instructions. To download the current assembly instructions:

Diagram 147, Diagram 321 Version 1.00 released May 2004, 8 Sides A4 (38Kb Acrobat 3.01 file).
Diagram 146 Version 2.00 released May 2004, 7 Sides A4 (67Kb 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: 14mm diameter Mansell (D147, D321) or steel disc (D146) wheels.
• Paint - we recommend Precision Paint or in some cases Humbrol Acrylic: see London and North Western carriage stock liveries for product numbers.
• Transfers - we recommend HMRS transfers: see London and North Western carriage stock liveries for product numbers.
• Screw couplings.

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

Information on London and North Western Railway rolling stock components may be found here.

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Selected LNWR Carriages, P A Millard, Published by the LNWR Society
An illustrated History of LNWR Coaches, (Including West Coast joint stock), Jenkinson P166

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