North Eastern Railway, LNER & British Railways

Photograph of completed model working on Cheadle; Bill Newton.
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Pricing and availability

The Diagram G2 dates back to 1903, and superseded the earlier pattern Diagram G1 van.

The model is based on a drawing dated in 1908, and is representative of vehicles built at that time, although with reference to suitable photographs it could be adjusted to represent any of the many thousands of this prototype that were built. This vehicle incorporated various changes including:-

• diagonal strapping, replaced in 1908 with with corner angle brackets.
• a mix of vertical & horizontal boarding.
• sliding roof doors (although these were replaced in 1911 with tarpaulins).
• sliding shutters at the ends to allow loading of long or otherwise awkward freight.
• end cross members, phased out in 1911.

This vehicle was built both during North Eastern & LNER ownership, and many thousand were built, indeed it was the most numerous van acquired by the LNER at the time of grouping. In 1940 over 4000 of these vehicles were still being used, although by the time British Rail took over the LNER several years later this had dropped to 1,900. It is known that these vehicles stayed in revenue service throughout the 1950's, although it is doubtful that many, if any, survived to the 1960's. G2 vans roamed far and wide and are often to be seen in the back of goods yard photographs.

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Made from white metal our model has separate sides including solebars with axleguards and ends with a Plasticard floor and pre-formed plastic roof. The model includes white metal buffers, brake shoes, levers and roof and end detailing castings. A fully detailed instruction sheet is included giving lettering and painting information.To download the current Assembly Instructions, current Version 1.00 released March/April 2001, 2 Sides A4 (81Kb 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 Eastern wagon liveries for suggested product numbers.
• Three link couplings of your choice
• Transfers - we recommend HMRS see North Eastern wagon liveries for suggested product numbers.

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

Information on North Eastern Railway components may be found here.

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North Eastern Railway Association
A Pictorial Record of LNER wagons, P Tatlow, P25
North Eastern Record, Volume 2, P89

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HMRS News, September 2000, P15, D C Barrett

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