OO LNWR D88 Covered Vans

Vans from Britains largest pre-grouping railway company.
The 1908 D88 design was an updated version of the LNWR D87 covered van 5ft wide horizontally-planked cupboard doors with a fall door below making loading of goods using sack trucks to and from platforms much easier. Over 6,000 were constructed and large numbers were still in service at nationalisation, lasting into the early 1960s.
A highly detailed model of the LNWR D88 design covered box van finished as wagon number 13535 in LNWR dark grey livery with the LNWRs 'illiteracy' diamond recognition marks and single diagonal white stripe.
Detail features
Incurved headstocks, Wooden roof, 3-bolt buffers, Horizontally-planked doors, Through vacuum train brake pipe Flat-fronted axleboxes, Split-spoke wheels.
£32.95

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(Product Ref 104038)
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A highly detailed model of the LNWR D88 design covered box van finished as wagon number 12655 in LNWR dark grey livery lettered LNWR.
Detail features
Incurved headstocks, Iron roof, 1-rib buffers, Horizontally-planked doors with diagonal strapping, Bulbous axleboxes, Split-spoke wheels.
£32.95

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(Product Ref 104039)
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A highly detailed model of the LNWR D88 design covered box van finished as wagon number 31132 in LNWR dark grey livery.
Detail features
Incurved headstocks, Iron roof, 1-rib buffers, Horizontally-planked doors with diagonal strapping, Bulbous axleboxes, Split-spoke wheels.
£32.95

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(Product Ref 104040)
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A highly detailed model of the LNWR D88 design covered box van finished in LMS grey livery as wagon number 255355 with pre-1936 lettering.
Detail features
Incurved headstocks, Iron roof, 2-rib buffers, Horizontally-planked doors with diagonal strapping, Flat-fronted axleboxes, Split-spoke wheels.
£32.95

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(Product Ref 104041)
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A highly detailed model of the LNWR D88 design covered box van finished in LMS grey livery as wagon number 249150 with pre-1936 lettering.
Detail features
Incurved headstocks, Wooden roof, 3-bolt buffers, Vertically-planked doors, Bulbous axleboxes, Split-spoke wheels, Through vacuum train brake pipe.
£32.95

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(Product Ref 104043)
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A highly detailed model of the LNWR D88 design covered box van finished in LMS grey livery as wagon number 276164 with pre-1936 lettering.
Detail features
Square headstocks, Iron roof, 2-rib buffers, Vertically-planked doors, Bulbous axleboxes, Split-spoke wheels.
£32.95

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A highly detailed model of the LNWR D88 design covered box van finished as wagon number 235457 in LMS dark bauxite brown livery with small size post-1936 lettering.
Detail features
Square headstocks, Iron roof, 1-rib buffers, Vertically-planked doors, Flat-fronted axleboxes, Split-spoke wheels.
£32.95

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A highly detailed model of the LNWR D88 design covered box van finished as wagon number 210101 in LMS dark bauxite brown livery with small size post-1936 lettering, in an unusual sinlge line layout.
Detail features
Square headstocks, Iron roof, 2-rib buffers, Vertically-planked doors, Flat-fronted axleboxes, Split-spoke wheels.
£32.95

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A highly detailed model of the LNWR D88 design covered box van finished as wagon number 252325 in LMS dark bauxite brown livery with small size post-1936 lettering.
Detail features
Square headstocks, Wooden roof, 2-rib buffers, Horizontally-planked doors, Bulbous axleboxes, Split-spoke wheels.
£32.95

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(Product Ref 104047)
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A highly detailed model of the LNWR D88 design covered box van finished in British Railways grey livery as number M227142.
Detail features
Square headstocks, Wooden roof, 2-rib buffers, Vertically-planked doors, Flat-fronted axleboxes, Split-spoke wheels.
£32.95

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(Product Ref 104050)
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A highly detailed model of the LNWR D88 design covered box van finished in British Railways grey livery as number M244352.
Detail features
Square headstocks, Iron roof, 2-rib buffers, Vertically-planked doors, Flat-fronted axleboxes, Split-spoke wheels.
£32.95

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(Product Ref 104051)
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A highly detailed model of the LNWR D88 design covered box van finished in British Railways grey livery as number M252456.
Detail features
Square headstocks, Iron roof, 2-rib buffers, Vertically-planked doors, Bulbous axleboxes, Split-spoke wheels.
£32.95

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(Product Ref 104053)
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A highly detailed model of the LNWR D88 design covered box van finished in British Railways grey livery as internal user wagon 020428 allocated to the carriage and wagon workshops at Wolverton.
Detail features
Incurved headstocks, Iron roof, 2-rib buffers, Horizontally-planked doors, Flat-fronted axleboxes, Split-spoke wheels.
£32.95

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(Product Ref 104054)
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A highly detailed model of the LNWR D88 design covered box van finished in British Railways grey livery as number DM264998, a departmental van allocated to the Midland region engineers for the North Wales area.
Detail features
Square headstocks, Wooden roof, 1-rib buffers, Vertically-planked doors, Flat-fronted axleboxes, Split-spoke wheels.
£32.95

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(Product Ref 104055)
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A highly detailed model of the LNWR D88 design covered box van finished as Chatham Dockyard internal user van number 510 in black livery.
Detail features
Square headstocks, Wooden roof, 2-rib buffers, Vertically-planked doors, Flat-fronted axleboxes, Split-spoke wheels
£32.95

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(Product Ref 104057)
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A highly detailed model of the LNWR D88 design covered box van finished in Army green livery as wagon number 47444.
Wagons in service with the Army railways were often well maintained, hence the fitting of more modern disc wheelsets.
Detail features
Incurved headstocks, Wooden roof, 3-bolt buffers, Horizontally-planked doors with diagonal straps, Flat-fronted axleboxes, Disc wheels
£32.95

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(Product Ref 104059)
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A highly detailed model of the LNWR D88 design covered box van finished in grey livery as War Department van 47877, as preserved.
This wagon most likely finished it's working life as an internal user wagon at a military depot, hence the fitting of more modern disc wheelsets and survival to preservation.
Detail features
Incurved headstocks, Wooden roof, 3-bolt buffers, Horizontally-planked doors, Flat-fronted axleboxes, Disc wheels
£32.95

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(Product Ref 104062)
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In 1908 the LNWR introduced a new covered goods van – the Diagram 88. This design became the LNWR standard van design from their introduction right up until the grouping with over 6000 examples constructed.
The van’s lineage can be traced back to earlier diagrams and was in essence an updated version of the D87 vans that preceded it.  In 1904 the Goods Conference decreed that new covered vans should be built to certain dimensions, including a length of 21’ over buffers, an 8ft width, a wheelbase of 9’9” and be able to carry 8 tons. The D88 vans incorporated all these features but were uprated to carry 10 tons. This was an improvement over the 19’ long 9’ wheelbase vans that formed D87.

Like previous LNWR vans, the D88 incorporated a set of 5ft wide horizontally-planked cupboard doors with a fall door below making access into platforms and goods loading facilities easier. Under LMS ownership, the doors were often replaced by vertically-planked alternatives.
Many of the vans were built at the LNWRs Earlestown works, however, a number were also built by outside contractors. During the building process, a number of changes were seen including the use of several different buffer designs, different styles of headstocks, as-built wooden and later 1910-style iron roofs, flat fronted and bulbous axle boxes, and both split spoke and plain spoked wheelsets. Various batches of the wagons were unfitted, through-piped or fitted with vacuum brakes.

The wagons had a long service life with large numbers surviving into British Railways ownership and lasting into the early 1960s. Many were also pressed into Departmental service in various locations, whilst others were sold off into private use, which included the Army and Navy.
Several vehicles have been preserved including at the National Railway Museum, Severn Valley Railway and Chatham’s Historic Dockyard.

The Rapido Trains UK D88 van has been designed using a combination of archival materials, works drawings, and an onsite survey at Chatham. We would like to thank everyone at The Historic Dockyard Chatham for giving us access to their D88 wagon.
Modellers can look forward to a plethora of variations within the range, including alternate designs representing wooden or iron roofs, square or incurved headstocks, 1-rib, 2-rib or 3-bolt buffers, unfitted or through-piped, cupboard doors with both horizontal and vertical planking, flat and bulbous axle boxes, split-spoke or solid wheels in brass bearings for smooth, and free running and NEM coupling mounts. These will be finished in a variety of liveries covering the wagon's lengthy history.