972015 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon BR No.E627001 Brand_Humbrol No smokebox wing plates

No smokebox wing plates

As well as warning beacons and traffic signs

Did you know that paleontologists actually refer to these tail spikes as "Thagomizers

There are over 1000 in service – with DB Cargo (coded MMA) but also with Ermewa (Tarmac)

Setup is VERY simple indeed

972015 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon BR No.E627001 Brand_Humbrol No smokebox wing platesDesigned to replace the ageing 8 ton and 9 ton timber framed wagons of the 1870s and 1880s, the Diagram 17s were a robust steel framed 5 plank wagon with a 9ft wheelbase, a set of doors on either side and an improved 10 ton load capacity. 12,050 examples were constructed between 1893 and 1903, accounting for 65% of the companys wagons built during this period, and by the time the last one rolled off the production line they constituted 45% of the