37-450D 16T Steel Slope-Sided Mineral Wagon Rivetted Doors BR Grey B7464 - Weathered Era_Era-2 To keep the machinery running

To keep the machinery running

Eckon colour light signal kit

width 115mm

but otherwise its main mechanism looks and operates very much like that of a real steam engine

1:24 scale model of 1983 GMC Vandura from the TV series “The A-Team” (1983-87)

37-450D 16T Steel Slope-Sided Mineral Wagon Rivetted Doors BR Grey B7464 - Weathered Era_Era-2 To keep the machinery runningSteel bodied mineral wagons were developed from the 1930s, with wagon builder Charles Roberts pioneering the slope sided design. The first production wagons were outshopped in 1939, however the onset of World War Two halted private orders and so the bulk of the fleet was constructed to Ministry Of (War) Transport (MOT) orders. Designed to carry coal, the wagons had end, side, and sometimes bottom doors to aid their unloading. Construction continued