Cattle, comprising all kinds of 4-legged farm animals, were important business for the railways until the 1960s. Special wagons were required to convey live animals safely and quickly as, just like human passengers, animals needed to be fed and watered at regular intervals.
This model is of the BR standard design of cattle wagon, based on the GWR design wagons which already incorporated many of the 'desirable' features.
This model carries the BR standard bauxite livery. Era 4