Dapol OO British Gas - 21Ton Hopper (4F-034-102)

Bachmann OO J G Robinson Corn Oil Tank Wagon (37-683)

A very nice model of one of the tank wagons operated by J G Robinson, a Bristol company producing vegitable oils from grain seeds.

J G Robinson used these wagons to convey edilble oils in connection with their business, which they listed on the wagon as 'seed crushers'. The company was a part of the BOCM group, but for many years operated under the J. G. Robinson name, hence the tank bears the lettering 'a branch of the British Oil & Cake Mills Ltd.'
British Oil and Cake Mills continued to operate under the group name from Avonmouth after WW2, this tank wagon being well-known in the Bristol area lettered BOCM Avonmouth and was modelled in this form by Bachmann some years ago.

Era 3.

Dapol OO BPCM Cement Van (4F013100)

Model of an iron bodied covered box van in the livery of BPCM, the British Portland Cement Manfacturers.

Cement required to be kept perfectly dry to ensure it arrived in usable condition. Metal bodied vans provided a much greater level of wetaher protection than wooden bodied wagons and the cement companies purchased small fleets of these vans.

Dapol OO Crawshay Borthers Covered Lime Wagon Merthyr Tydfil (4F-017-009)

A very neat model of the covered lime wagon from Dapol with good side and roof door detail. This model is in the pale yellow livery of Crawshay Brothers and will be equiped with the new Dapol NEM coupler pockets along with a new running number.

The Crawshay familiy had business interest in a range of companies and activities relating to the iron production, coal and mineral extraction in South Wales and the Forest of Dean. Their wagons carried the produce of their mines and quarries to customers across Britain.

Dapol OO Express Dairy 6-wheel Milk Tank (4F-031-009)

6-wheel milk tank wagon painted in the simplified, post WW2 Express Dairies scheme with a plain blue tank and small lettering.

Dapol OO Independent Milk Supplies 6-Wheel Milk Tank (4F-031-011)

Dapol's popular range of 6-wheel express milk tank wagons expands further? with this model carrying a red-brown painted glass lined tank owned by Independent Milk Supplies.

These 6-wheeled? tank wagons were designed to run at express train speeds, ensuring that the fresh milk was conveyed swiftly to Britains major cities. Often a daily round trip was operated from country dairy to London and back. These wagons are ideal tail traffic for your branch and local passenger trains, providing extra shunting for your trains to perform.

Dapol OO Leamington Priors 8 Plank Wagon with Coal Load (4F-080-003)

Dapol OO Lowell Baldwin Ltd. 9 Plank Open Coal Wagon (4F-090-001)

A large coal factor company, Lowell Baldwin of Bristol supplied coal to many industrial consumers, justifying the purchase of these large capacity wagons. The higher capacity were ideal wagons for delivering coal for the boilers of many industries and town gas plant, where large quantities of coal were required daily.

20-ton capacity coal wagons became more popular in the 1930's, as the railway companies offered a better rate per ton for coal haulage in these larger wagons. The railway company gained in efficiency, moving fewer wagons needed less locomtoive power and less shunting to deliver the same weight of coal loaded in older 10-ton wagons. To assist with unloading these high-capacity wagons two doors were fitted in each side, plus end and often four bottom hatch doors.

Dapol OO Grazebrook 7-Plank Open Coal Wagon (B766)

New wagon model from Dapol!

This new model features the new Dapol 7-plank open wagon body with fixed ends and a 9-foot wheelbase wood frame chassis incorporating NEM coupler mounting pockets.

Model of a 7-plank open coal wagon as operated by M & W Grazebrook, owners of the Netherton Furnaces close to Dudley, West Midlands.

Previous models have featured and end door design, used by major carriers, collieries and coal factors. Smaller coal merchants did not need the end doors, making this new model more apporpriate for many private owner wagons.

Dapol OO Walkers Rectangular Tank Wagon (B775)

Rectangular tank wagon operated by oil suppliers Walkers.

Dapol OO E A Robinson, Bognor 5-plank Open Wagon (B813)

A model of a 5-plank open coal wagon in the livery of Bognor coal merchant E A Robinson.

Model features a new bodyshell mounted on the new Dapol wood solebar 9-feet wheelbase chassis.

Dapol OO Bradbury 7-Plank Open Coal Wagon (B860)

Dapol OO Tropical Fruit Company Box Van (B862)

Dapol OO Baldwin, Bristol 9-Plank 20-Ton Open Wagon (B864)

Coal factors Lowell Baldwin of Bristol supplied coal to several industrial consumers, justifying the purchase of these large capacity wagons. This is an ideal wagon for delivering coal to almost any industrial plants' boilers or to your towns' local coal gas plant.

20-ton capacity coal wagons were introduced in the 1930's, the railway companies offering a better rate per ton for coal haulage in these larger wagons. To assist with unloading these high-capacity wagons two doors were fitted in each side, plus end and often four bottom hatch doors.

Dapol OO W E Wise Mortimer Wagon (B867)

Dapol OO PJ & JP 20-Ton Steel Mineral Wagon (B872)

Partridge, Jones and John Paton appear to have commenced their partnership around 1895, joining a wide range of coal, iron and steel interests in South Wales. The limited company was formed by formal amalgamation of the partners' extensive interests in 1920.

One of the largest coal and steel manufacturing companys in South Wales the company owned several collieries and steel works, requiring a substantial fleet of railway wagons. Marked with the company initials PJ & JP, the company was an early user of these higher capacity wagons, taking full benefit of the lower haulage rates offered by the GWR for moving traffic in these 20-ton steel wagons.

This model by Dapol features metal wheels and NEM coupler pockets.

Dapol OO S Healing & Sons, Tewkesbury 7-Plank Open Coal Wagon (B875)

Dapol OO Woodhall Coal Company No.84 4 Plank Wagon (B877)

Dapol OO Ellis & Everard 4-Plank Open Wagon (B883)

Dapol OO Samuel Evers & Sons 7-Plank Open Wagon (B884)

Dapol OO John Bennet & Co. Ltd. Cam & Huntingford Flour Mills 7-Plank Open Wagon (B890)

A detailed model of a 7 plank open coal wagon operated by John Bennet & Co., owners of the Cam & Huntingford flour mills.
This model uses Dapols' new tooling with 9-feet wheelbase chassis, metal wheels and NEM coupler pockets.

Hornby OO Hornby 2010 7 Plank Open Coal Wagon (R6501)

Hornby OO Fothergill Brothers 12 Ton Tank Wagon (R6569)

Model of a 12-ton oil tank wagon in service with Fothergill Brothers, engineering contractors from Exeter.

It would seem likely that this tank wagon was used to move a specialist oil product, for example electrical oil for cooling transformers, in connection with the Fothergill brothers' contracts.

Hornby OO Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Tar Distillation Co. 12 Ton Oil Tank Wagon (R6570)

Hornby OO British Sugar Corporation 20-Ton Tank Wagon (R6571)

Dapol OO Seddons Salt Covered Salt Wagon (B895)

A model of a covered salt van in the livery of Seddons Salt of Middlewich, Cheshire.

Bachmann OO London Transport Brake Van Unboxed (30-076B)

An unboxed model from the Midnight Metropolitan train set.

London Transport ordered a small number of standard BR brake vans to replace older vans still in service with the engineering departments and to provide vehicles suitable for operating over BR tracks when underground and engineering trains needed to move between LT lines over the BR network.

Bachmann OO LT Engineers Low Sided Open Wagon Unboxed (30-076C)

An unboxed model from the Midnight Metropolitan train set.

The London Transport engineering department operated a number of low sided open wagons for carrying signalling equipment, ballast, sleepers and other railway materials. This model painted in the LT engineering grey livery reproduces one of these wagons, ideal for service with the LT livereied pannier and brake van.

Bachmann OO Tees Salt Company 10-ton Covered Salt Wagon (33-183)

These covered wagons with a distincive peaked roof delivered bulk salt across the British railway network.

Bachmann OO Roberts Tarmacadam 5-Plank Open Wagon (37-037)

5-plank open wagon in the black livery of tarmacadam suppliers Roberts Tarmacadam.

Wagon loads of coated roadstone and tarmac material were seen widely around Britain from the 1930s as local councils made steady progress with road upgrading.

Bachmann OO Edwin W Badland 5-Plank Open Coal Wagon (37-062A)

An excellent model of the 5-plank open coal wagons operated by Birmingham coal merchant Edwin W Badland. Wagon number 50

Bachmann OO J Skinner of Melksham 5-Plank Open Wagon (37-063)

Bachmann OO Coal Trader Triple Pack 7-Plank Wagons Weathered (37-095)

Pack of three private owner wagons with weathered finish.

Bachmann OO Shaka Salt 7 Plank Fixed End Wagon (37-110)

Many large companies operated their own wagons to collect coal for the factory boilers. This wagon carries the lettering of the Shaka Salt company, more commonly remembered for the covered salt vans. The salt vans were usually based on open wagon designs and it is possible that the prototype for this model may have been convertable for use as an open wagon or van.

Era 3.

Bachmann OO Eales & Roberts, Long Buckby 7 Plank Fixed End Wagon (37-111)

Model of a 7-plank fixed end design wagon operated by Eales and Roberts, coal merchants of Long Buckby.

Era 3.

Bachmann OO Ketton Cement Sheffield 8-Plank Open Wagon (37-134A)

Although clearly lettered to advertise Ketton Cement this 8-plank open wagon was actually operated by well-known Sheffield coal factors Thos W Ward, whose name and TWW marks also appear on the wagon. It is most likely that this wagon was operated on a contract to supply coal for the Ketton cement companies' kilns, justifying the repainting of the wagon into the customers' colours.

Era 3.

Bachmann OO Cory Brothers 7 Plank Wagon With Coke Rails (37-185)

Dapol OO Chance and Hunt Covered Salt Van (4F018100)

A model of a peak-roofed covered salt van in service with Chance and Hunt.

Salt required some protection from the weather in transit. The simple solution to this was to provide a peaked roof, fitted to a standard open wagon to keep the rain out. This gave salt wagons a distinctive appearance.

Dapol OO IMS 6-Wheel Milk Tank Wagon (4F-031-007)

A detailed model of the 6-wheel express milk tank wagon painted in the sky blue IMS livery.

Dapol OO Harry Whitehouse, Stourport 5 Plank Open Wagon (4F-051-001)

Dapol OO Renwick & Wilton, Torquay 5 Plank Open Wagon (4F-051-005)

Dapol OO ICI Rectangular Ammonia Tank Wagon (B731)

The rectangular tank wagon is a completely new OO wagon from Dapol.

This is the first model using this new tooling carries the livery of Imerial Chemical Industries, who operated these wagons to convey ammonia and nitrates, commonly used for fertilizer production.

Dapol OO John Yates 7-Plank Open Coal Wagon (B772)

This new model features the 7-plank open wagon body with fixed ends and a 9-foot wheelbase chassis incorporating NEM coupler mounting pockets.

Model of a 7-plank open coal wagon as operated by John Yates, a Monmouth coal merchant.

Dapol OO R S Clare & Co. Liverpool Rectangular Tank Wagon (B816)

Rectangular tank wagon in the slate grey colours of Clare & Co., a Liverpool based chemicals company.

This wagon is fitted with metal wheels and NEM coupler pockets.

Dapol OO Stevens of Oxford 5-Plank Open Wagon (B818)

Featuring all new tooling including a 9-feet wheelbase wood frame style chassis this wagon carries the red livery of Stevens &Co. a large firm of coal merchants and factors based in Oxford.

Stevens were a large firm who grew their business by taking over locations and business from other coal merchants as they wished to sell up or retire. The company operated from locations all across the Midlands and home counties, having several depots in Gloucestershire and Warwickshire.

Dapol OO Emlyn Anthracite 20-Ton Steel Mineral Wagon (B861)

Dapol OO Nathl Atrill 5-Plank Open Coal Wagon (B870)

Dapol OO Henry Ellison Cleckheaton Rectangular Tank Wagon (B876)

Dapol OO Marriott of Witney 20-Ton Steel Open Wagon (B887)

Dapol OO Ammanford Colliery Co 7-Plank Open Coal Wagon (B893)

Hornby OO BQC Ltd 3-Plank Open Goods Wagon (R6439)

Low-sided 3-plank open goods wagon operated by BQC.

Low-sided wagons were frequently used for the transport of heavy loads like stone. The limited height of the wagons prevented them from being overloaded.

Hornby OO City Of Brimingham Gas Dept. 8 Plank Open (R6513)

Hornby OO 6 Wheel Milk Tanker (R6535)

Hornby OO Hornby 2011 Wagon (R6547)

Hornby OO Midland Tar Distillers 20-Ton Tank Wagon (R6572)

A model of Midland Tar Distillers tank wagon number 2, a 20-ton cylindrical tank wagon.

Tar distillers took the coal tar residue from town coal gas plants and by refining this 'waste' product obtained further useful petro-chemicals. Many of the chemical companies of the 20th century started out with tar distilling.

Hornby OO T. Burnett & Co. Ltd, Doncaster 7 Plank Wagon (R6587)

A detailed model of a 7 plank open wagon painted in an advertising livery by T Burnett and company, a firm building and repairing wagons in Doncaster.

Wagon builders often produced finely signwritten wagons for railway and coal trade exhibitions, displaying an example of their finest workmanship for inspection by the directors of potential clients.
T Burnett have choosen to demonstrate their ability to create intricate artwork designs in the combined monogram logo on the door, along with advertising their services in boxed panels on each side of the door.
The wagon number of 1904 may indicate the year of the event or events for which the wagon was specially prepared.

Hornby OO Great Wheel Prosper 4 Plank Open China Clay Wagon (R6594)

Hornby OO Hornby 2012 40th Anniversary Collectors Container Wagon (R6609)

Bachmann OO ICI Fleetwood Salt 10-ton Salt Wagon Maroon (33-179A)

A nicely detailed model of the 10-ton covered salt wagon with crisply printed lettering.

These covered wagons with a distinctive peaked roof delivered bulk salt across the British railway network.

Bachmann OO Writhlington, Kilmersdon & Foxcote Collieries 5-Plank Open Wagon (37-065)

A nicely detailed model of a 5 plank open coal wagon operated by the Radstock, North Somerset colliery group comprising the Writhlington, Kilmersdon and Foxcote collieries. This wagon has a large letter W on the door, believed to indicate the wagon should be returned empty to the Writhlington colliery yard.

Radstock was served by the Great Western and Somerset & Dorset (Midland/LMS & LSWR/SR) railways, providing the colliery companies with direct access to a wide range of market destinations.

Era 3.

Bachmann OO North End Colliery 7 Plank End Door Open Wagon (37-085A)

Bachmann OO R W Hill, Marylebone 8 Plank Fixed End Wagon (37-162)

Bachmann OO William Harrison Brownhills Collieries 8-Plank Open Wagon (37-163)

Bachmann OO T L Hale, Tipton & Dudley Port 7-Plank Open Wagon (37-187)

Bachmann OO Moy 7 Plank Wagon With Coke Rails Weathered (37-188)

A detailed model of a 7-plank open coal wagon fitted with coke rails, as operated by Moy.

Bachmann OO Suncole 7 Plank Wagon with Coke Rails (37-208)

An excellent model of a high-sided 7-plank open wagon fitted with coke rails for additional cubic capacity. Operated by Suncole, suppliers of smokeless Nottingham fuel, generally meaning coke.

Coke is a processed form of coal from which many impurities have been driven off. The resulting coke burns much more intensely than normal coal and is required for some industrial processes (eg. metal smelting furnaces) and burns more cleanly, making it a favoured smokeless fuel for cooking stoves.

Bachmann OO NCB 16-Ton Mineral Wagons Pack of Three (37-236)

Bachmann OO Lancashire Steel Manufacturing 27-ton Tipper Wagon (37-280)

Bachmann OO Boston Deep Sea Fishing 16-ton Slope Sided Steel Mineral Wagon (37-452)

Detailed model of a slope-sided steel mineral wagon operated by the Boston Deep Sea Fishing company.

This company had operated private owner wagons to supply coal for the Boston fishing fleet for many years. The wagons would also occasionally visit other ports when one of the Boston boats had called in after following the fish around the coast.

The slope sided 16-ton steel minerals were a private venture design by wagon builders Charles Roberts. A number of private owners purchased wagons to this design, the steel construction being expected to have a longer service life and lower maintenance demands than wood bodied wagons.

Bachmann OO Ronuk 14-ton Oil Tank Wagon (37-654A)

Bachmann OO ICI 14-Ton Tank Wagon (37-661)

This model represents one of these tank wagons operated by ICI carrying liquid chemical products.

Bachmann OO Pease & Partners 14-ton tank wagon (37-662)

This model represents one of these tank wagons operated by Pease & Partners.

Dapol OO Peak Lime Covered Lime Wagon 48 (4F-017-007)

Dapol OO Peak Lime Co. Covered Lime Wagon 48 Weathered (4F-017-008)

A nicely detailed model of a covered lime wagon in the livery of Peak Lime.

These wagons had a distinctive ridged roof, a simple addition to a wagon built to the standard open coal design, which provided weather protection for the load.

This model is available with a weathered finish.

Dapol OO Wm. Butler, Tar Distillers of Bristol Rectangular Tank Wagon (4F-032-005)

Wm. Butlers' tar tanker is a well-known wagon, its' photograph is frequently used to illustrate the rectangular tank wagon design.
These tank wagons were used to collect coal tar, a by-product of coal gas production, for refining into useful chemical fractions. Butlers' tar wagons would have travelled widely to collect raw materials from gas companies, particularly around the south-west and west midlands, supplying the companys' plants at Bristol and Gloucester.

The company originates in the GWR broad gauge era, Mr Butler being appointed by Mr Brunel to run the timber treatment plant in Bristol. Later forming his own company Butlers are still operating today as suppliers of industrial oil products like heating oil.

Dapol OO 12-Ton Hopper Wagon - Millom Iron Works (4F-033-005)

Dapol OO Cadbury Bourneville 156 Coal Hopper Wagon (4F-034-001)

The Cadbury company set up a modern chocolate factory at Bournville, Birmingham. To feed the furnaces the company invested in a small fleet of hopper wagons, greatly simplifying the emptying of wagons on arrival.

This model is painted in the companys' usual light blue colour with yellow lettering.

Dapol OO B W Co. 4-Plank Open Wagon with Coal Load (4F-040-001)

Dapol OO Clee Hill Granite 4-Plank Open Wagon (4F-040-003)

A nice model of a 4-plank open wagon as operated by the Clee Hill Granite company of Ludlow Shropshire.

Dapol OO ICI Lime Buxton 5-Plank Open Wagon (4F-051-100)

Dapol OO Unpainted 7 Plank Open Wagon (A02)

Dapol OO David Jones of Llandyssul 7-Plank Open Coal Wagon (B873)

David Jones, a coal merchant in Llandyssul (West Wales), was a typical local coal and minerals merchant, describing his buisness on the side of his wagon as Coal, Lime, Brick & Slate Merchant.

This model of David Jones' wagon number 5 is fitted with metal wheels and NEM coupler pockets.

Dapol OO SLB Covered Lime Wagon (B874)

Lime products needed to be kept dry so many lime maufacturers used open wagons fitted with a simple peaked roof to ensure the wagons remained weatherproof.

This model is one of these wagons operated by SLB, owners of lime quarries in the Oswestry area on the Welsh border.

Dapol OO Falk Salt Covered Salt Van (B881)

Dapol OO Lymm Pure Salt Covered Salt Van (B894)

Dapol OO Benzol & By-Products 7-Plank Open Wagon (B903)

A model of a 7-plank coal wagon operated by the Benzol and By-Products company of Cricclestone near Wakefield.

Dapol OO Dovercourt Bay Co-Operative Society 9-Plank Open Coal Wagon (B907)

Hornby OO MMB Milk Marketing Board 6-Wheel Express Milk Tank Wagon (R6567)

Hornby OO Oakbank Oil Company 6-Wheel Tank Wagon (R6568)

Hornby OO Prestwich Tarmacadam, Blaenavon 4 Plank Wagon (R6577)

Hornby OO Pentwyn Black Vein Collieries Co Ltd 7 Plank Wagon (R6578)

Hornby OO Pwllheli Granite Quarries 5 Plank Open Wagon (R6584)

Hornby OO West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority 20-Ton Steel Bodied Coal Wagon (R6585)

Hornby OO Cambrian Wagon Works 21 Ton Wagon (R6586)

Hornby OO Edwin W. Badland, Birmingham 5 Plank Open Wagon (R6588)

Hornby OO J. Hackett & Co, Birmingham 6 Plank Wagon (R6595)

Hornby OO Tirpentwys 21-Ton Steel Bodied Open Mineral Wagon (R6599)

Hornby OO 2013 Collectors Wagon - 21 Ton Open Wagon (R6644)

• Dimensions:  L: 88mm

• Livery:  Hornby