North British Railway, LNER

Like the Caledonian Railway Diagram 16, these wagons were the ultimate example of robust specialist short haul, high load vehicles. Originally designed for the transport of iron from the foundry to steel or rolling mills these vehicles found a use shifting bulky or heavy goods throughout the country from the Scottish industrial heartland. Photographic evidence shows these wagons at Bradford on wool traffic for example. The early examples were built at the turn of the century, having many similarities to the Diagram 29 wagons which preceded them. Although most vehicles would have been scrapped by the mid 1930's some are known to have survived into the 1940's and may have, just, reached BR ownership.

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Made from white metal our model has sides and ends with separate axleguards, brake gear, levers and V's. The floor is embossed Plasticard. A fully detailed instruction sheet is included giving detailed lettering and painting information. To download the most recent assembly instructions, current Version 1.00 released April 2001, 2 Sides A4 (37Kb Acrobat 3.01 file).

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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 North British Railway wagon liveries for suggested product numbers.
• Three link couplings.
• Transfers - we recommend HMRS see North British Railway wagon liveries for suggested product numbers.

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

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"Wagons on the LNER, No 1, North British" by John Hooper, page 23
Pictorial Record of LNER wagons, P Tatlow
NBR Wagons some design aspects, G W M Sewell P15

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