North British Railway, LNER

Photograph of a model completed by Bill Newton, in NBR livery

Photograph of a model completed by Ray Nolton, in NBR livery
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Pricing and availability

This model is based on a General Arrangement diagram of 1910 (Ref 635W). An initial batch of 40 vehicles (20 pairs) were built by Hurst Nelson in 1911, with Cowlairs building a further batch of 40. The wagon has grease axleboxes with independent single brake shoes / levers on either side of the vehicle. The wagons were permanently coupled as a pair, and would not have been part of the 'common owner' pooling system. Usually these vehicles would be legended 'return to XXXX' - the point of loading, such as Blochairn. Nominally these vehicles were designed for iron bar transport, although they were used for transporting any lengthy load, such as timber or other types of steel product.

These would have been a common sight in the industrial heartland of Scotland and spreading as far south as the Borders for the timber traffic. Some may have ventured further south, especially during the First World War. The design life for this pattern of vehicle is at least 30 years, although we believe that few of these vehicles would have survived much beyond 1945.

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Made from white metal our model has sides, ends and floor with separate axleguards, brake gear, levers and V's. A fully detailed instruction sheet is included giving detailed lettering and painting information. ***Note this model is supplied with sufficient parts to make a pair of wagons *** To download the most recent assembly instructions, current Version 1.00 released March 2002, 2 Sides A4 (59Kb 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.
• 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 North British No1, J Hooper P24
A Pictorial Record of LNER wagons, P Tatlow P 90
NBR Wagons some design aspects, G W M Sewell P15

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