4 Plank Open Wagon GWR Red No.73691

4 Plank Open Wagon GWR Red No.73691

Model

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

Model Features

• 1:76 Scale Model
• GWR Red (number plates)
• No. 73691
• Oil axleboxes
• Single-sided brakes, 2 brake shoes
• Etched plates included in detail bag
• Spoked wheels running in metal bearings
• This model is best suited to 1028mm radius curves
• This model is if fitted with NEM style couplings

Details

Introduced in 1886, these were some of the most numerous open wagons in the GWR fleet. When the Board of Trade's ‘Either Side’ brake regulations came into force in 1927, the GWR still had over 18,700 of these wagons on its books.

Despite being built in huge numbers, these wagons remained in the shadows for all their lives. It’s difficult to track when they finally disappeared from the network, and if it were not for the GWR 813 Preservation Fund, it’s likely that the Dia. O21 would have slipped unnoticed into history.