Fruit D Van Palethorpe Sausages Weathered

Fruit D Van Palethorpe Sausages Weathered

Model

1:76 Scale model produced by Dapol. This model is ready-to-run and will make a great addition to any model railway collection.

Model Features

• 1:76 Scale Model
• Finely moulded body and applied livery
• Profiled wheels
• Weathered Paint Finish
• This model is best suited to 381mm radius curves
• This model is fitted with NEM style couplings

Details

Fruit D wagons were large ventilated wooden bodied vans designed for the fast and efficient transportation of fruit. They were first constructed in the 1930s for GWR use and later (early 1950s) a batch was commissioned by BR. The vans themselves had three large double side doors to enable easy loading and unloading and were usually seen as part of passenger or fast goods trains. Often when out of the fruit season, these vans were also used as parcel and luggage vans.

As road transport took over as the principal means of conveying fruit, fruit D vans were modified and used as permanent parcel or stores vans and remained in service in t his way until the early 1980s.