Hornby R6642C 00 Gauge GWR Shunters Truck (Halesowen)
A new model of the GWR diagram M3 shunters truck. These small wagons were provided for shunters in the GWR to provide a safe riding vehicle plus a mobile store for shunting poles, brake sticks, wheel chocks and spare lamps. The truck also provided a useful spacer between the locomotive and wagons being shunted, so wagons could be positioned in or collected from inside a goods shed without the locomotive having to enter the building.
This model is finished in the GWR goods grey livery as a truck allocated to Halesowen, a yard on the edge of Birmingham where wagons were distributed to the goods yards and industry sidings around the Black Country.