5 Plank Wagon (Diagram 17) LNER Pre 1936 628495

5 Plank Wagon (Diagram 17) LNER Pre 1936 628495

Designed to replace the ageing 8-ton and 9-ton timber framed wagons of the 1870s and 1880s, the Diagram 17s were a robust steel framed 5-plank wagon with a 9ft wheelbase, a set of doors on either side and an improved 10-ton load capacity. 12,050 examples were constructed between 1893 and 1903, accounting for 65% of the company’s wagons built during this period, and by the time the last one rolled off the production line they constituted 45% of the company’s total number of goods wagons.

In general use, they travelled way beyond the boundaries of the GER network delivering goods up and down the country.

Wagons of the same design were built for the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway by outside contractors. The GER had offered the LD&ECR financial and political support which helped the relevant Bills pass through parliament. There weren’t altruistic acts by the Great Eastern Railway, but made under the proviso that the company would have running powers over the LD&ECR system, with full access to the area’s rich coalfields.

In 1907 the LD&ECR was absorbed by the Great Central Railway, which acquired all of the company’s rolling stock, including those built to the GER design. Under their new owner, the wagons were repainted in the GCR livery and given new running numbers accordingly.

Model

1:76 Scale Wagon decorated in LNER livery. This model features lots of expertly applied details as based on the prototype, a high level of body detail and excellent running characteristics.

Features

• 1:76 Scale Model
• NEM Couplings
• Highly Detailed Finish
• LNER (pre-’36) grey No. 628495
• Morton 3-shoe brakes with open ratchet (U safety loops)
• Monarch door mechanism
• Ribbed buffer housings
• LNER B1 axleboxes
• GER split-spoke wheels running in metal bearings
• High level of detail above and below the floor line
• High quality livery application

Contents

• 1 x Rapido Trains Wagon

Specifications

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