Bachmann 393-055 Ashover Light Railway ex-WD Type D Bogie Open Wagon Early Version Ashover Light Grey Livery OO9
The type D bogie open wagon was one of the more versatile wagons built for the War Department Light Railways. The two-part drop sides allowed the wagons to be emptied easily when carrying aggregates, while shells, rations, ammunition, timber, fuel and water in cans and even troops could be carried easily.
The Ashover Light Railway was owned by the Clay Cross company and built to serve the companys' stone quarries and roadstone crusher/tarmacadam plant. The railways' rolling stock was almost entirely ex-WD 'war surplus' and these D type wagons with their flat floors and full-length drop sides were the preferred design for transporting aggregate products.