Midland Railway, LMS & BR

Built from 1890 onwards to drawing 790, these high sided goods wagons were intended principally for coal traffic. They were however used for all manner of traffic as the need arose and often appear in yard photographs. Some 9000 were built to 7 lots between 1890 and 1900. They were a surprisingly long lived wagon lasting in traffic into the mid fifties. Over the years modifications occurred with the introduction of either side brakes and oil axleboxes.

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Made from white metal our model has separate sides, solebars including springs and ends with an embossed Plasticard floor. The model includes etched brass w-irons, brake levers and V's complete with grease axle boxes and white metal buffers with steel heads. A fully detailed instruction sheet is included giving detailed lettering and painting information. To download the most recent assembly instructions, current Version 2.01 released September 2007, 2 Sides A4 (121kb pdf 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.
• Paint - we recommend Precision Paint or in some cases Humbrol Acrylic: see Midland Railway wagon liveries for suggested product numbers.
• Three link couplings.
• Transfers - we recommend HMRS see Midland Railway wagon liveries for suggested product numbers.

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supplies a wide range of Midland Railway rolling stock components see here for details.

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The Midland Wagon, Volume 1; R Essery, P79-80
The Midland Record, Volume 2, R Essery, P61
Midland Portrait, P Tryman, D Hunt, Plate 92

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