North Eastern Railway, LNER, British Railways, National Coal Board

 

Pricing and availability .

The NER were one of the pioneers of the hopper wagon. The central division of the NER, loosely based on what was the 'Stockton & Darlington Railway', developed a standard pattern vehicle with end brake levers. The basic design was kept in production for around 40 years with minor changes to the running gear and other small detailing. The later versions were all rated at 11 tons capacity, although it is believed that some may have had slightly smaller capacity. The model is based on the 5 plank body with No 2a grease axleboxes as built in 1905. By 1911 there were over 11,000 vehicles of this type in service; by the time of grouping, in 1923, this had dropped to less than 8,000. Many are known to have survived to the late 1930's or early 1940's. Predominantly these vehicles would have been used in the coal traffic, but some were used for other mineral traffic, such as sandstone or slag /spoil removal. Some of these vehicles were in private ownership working for the National Coal Board and may well have survived well beyond 1950.

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Made from white metal our model has separate sides including solebars with axleguards, ends, floor with an embossed Plasticard for the hopper detail.. The model includes white metal, buffers, brake shoes and etched brass brake levers. A fully detailed instruction sheet is included giving lettering and painting information. To download the current Assembly Instructions; Current Version 2.00 released April 2001, 2 Sides A4 (49Kb 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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The North Eastern Railway Association
North Eastern Record, HMRS, Volume 2, P93

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