R60214 ARC PGA 4-Wheel Hopper 14656 Brand_Badger fine brake rigging in line

fine brake rigging in line with the wheels and some great livery detail

every coach is a faithful replica of the prototype

just twenty examples were built by the LMS and the remaining 108 were outshopped by British Railways following Nationalisation in 1948

It spent its working life on the Western Region of British Railways

L12150 Straight: 300 mm

R60214 ARC PGA 4-Wheel Hopper 14656 Brand_Badger fine brake rigging in lineDesigned as a replacement for a hopper designed just after the nationalisation of the railways in 1948, the 1970s built PGA hoppers would replace wagons that were pushing 30 years old with technology or lack thereof to match. Able to haul larger loads than ever before, long rakes of PGA hoppers would find themselves coupled to some of the most iconic diesel locomotives used in Britain, from the electro diesel Class 73, the modern Class 66 and the