Featuring the distinctive peaked roof these vans were built to provide weather protection for cargo likely to be damaged by rain.

Star Salt of Chester operated this bark red painted van, with their name displayed in yellow lettering to advertise their brand and products to passengers as their wagons travelled the rail network.

Dapols' model is equiped with metal wheels for smooth running.

Featuring the distinctive peaked roof these vans were built to provide weather protection for cargo likely to be damaged by rain. Saxa Salt painted their wagons in the bright yellow scheme with red lettering to advertise their brand and products to passengers as their wagons travelled the rail network.

Dapols' model is equiped with metal wheels for smooth running.

Model announced 2008

A set of three tank wagons as operated by the Tarmac company.

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

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

An excellent model of the 5-plank open coal wagons operated by R Fred Cole, a coal and coke merchant who operated depots at Fairford and Lechlade along the Cotswold route for many years.

Model of a 7-plank open coal wagon number 3 operated by Frederick Biss, a north Bristol coal merchant and factor based at the large Stoke Gifford yard and nearby Patchway station.

An excellent model of a 7-plank open coal wagon operated by Bradfordd coal merchant D V Costick, painted in an eye-catching blue livery.

An excellent model of a high-sided 7-plank open wagon fitted with coke rails for additional cubic capacity. Operated by Peake, Oliver & Peake Ltd. based at the London coal exchange this wagon is marked for coke traffic only and would have been used to transport coke from ovens in many coal fields to terminals in the London area.

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 fuel for some cooking stoves.

Well detailed model of the distinctive covered lime wagon with side and roof doors in the light grey livery of the Peak Lime company of Buxton.

This model is now available with a weathered finish.

Lare 20-ton capacity coal wooden body wagon in the grey livery of The Gas Light & Coke Co. wagon number 766. These long wheelbase wagons had two drop doors fitted each side, plus bottom hatch doors.

A large capacity hopper wagon in service with the Northampton Electric Light company. Before the creation of the national power grid many towns and cities had their own electric power generation company, sometimes municipally owned. The power plant of a major town would consume large quantities of coal and these large capacity wagons helped reduce haulage costs. This wagon from Northampton would have been seen travelling around the coal fields of the UK, collecting coal for the power company's boilers.

Expected late May.

A neatly detailed 5-plank open wagon in the slate grey livery of the Cliffe Hill Granite Co. based in Markfield, near Leicester. The company painted it's wagons to advertise their products to the travelling public. This wagon carries an advert for paving stone, one of many uses for the hard wearing granite and details of the company's agents in Mirfield.

Dapol have produced a new stone load to represent granite quarried by the Cliffe Hill company.

Expected late May.

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.

This model carries the brick red livery of a wagon operated by Stevens of Oxford. Although No.1001 suggests a large fleet this may actually be the first 20-ton wagon operated by the company, many operators numbering these wagons in a new, separate series. This helped identify the large wagons and prevent them being sent to pits where high-sided wagons would not fit under the loading screens!

A new model from Dapol of a 4-plank open wagon, used to prevent overloading of wagon conveying stone products. This wagon carries the slate grey livery of the Pwllheli Granite Co. based in Pwllheli, North Wales. Wagon no. 155 also lists the companies depots at Minfordd and Gimlet Rock.

Dapol have produced a new stone load to represent granite quarried by the Pwllheli company. Metal wheels are fitted for smooth running.

An excellent model of a 7-plank open coal wagon, as operated by Wigan merchants Bourme Fisher & Co. Orignially painted red with the company's name in white letters written in an arched format, Dapol have given this wagon a neat weathered look, typical of in-service wagons during the steam era.

An excellent model of an 8-plank open coal wagon, as operated by London coal dealers H C Bull & Co. Painted red/brown the companys' name was written in an arched format, making the wagons more noticable and more effective for advertising.

Stephenson Clarke were one of the largest coal factoring companies in the UK, supplying many types of coal sourced from from British collieries to any destination required. The large volumes of coal being moved made the higher capacity 20-ton steel wagons especially attractive to the company, particularly when combined with the reduced rates charged by the railway companies and lease-hire scheme offered by the GWR who were actively promoting the use of these 20-ton wagons.

Stephenson Clarke had adopted this simplfied lettering scheme, with just the letters S C appearing on the side of the wagons. This helped keep costs down in the hard economic times of the 1930s.

An excellent model of the 20-ton steel bodied open coal wagon painted in the Glenhafod of Port Talbot (South Wales) black livery.

The use of higher capacity wagons was promted by the GWR during the 1930s, with wagon hire and reduced haulage rates. Several of the coal companies, collieries, factors and bulk consumers took up these offers. 20-ton wagons became a common in the South Wales and the South West supplying ports, furnaces, gas works and power stations.

William Thomas operated a brick works at Wellington in Somerset, this wagon would have been used to collect coal for furnaces and deliver the finished bricks to customers.

Wagon number 1 was painted in a plain black livery, advertising the companys' business as 'patent brick & tile manufacturers'. This Dapol model will be fitted with a load of bricks and equiped with free running metal wheels.

A good model of the 7-plank open coal wagon in the red livery used by Sherwood of Mansfield. This wagons will be weathered to better represent a coal wagon as it would have been seen in service.

The GWR used 20-ton open weagons for locomotive coal from the early 20th century. In the 1930s many more were built and the GWR promoted the use of these wagons widely with collieries, large consumers and coal traders.

This model is painted in the GWR's dark grey goods livery with the small GW lettering in the bottom left corner. This lettering scheme was introduced in the mid-1930's.

Expected end November

Dapol recently introduced this excellent model of the 4-plank open merchandise wagon. This model represents Weardale no.805 in the bright red livery used by that company.

The 4-plank wagon was used for heavy, but not bulky loads to prevent accidental overloading. Frequently this design was used to transport finished products not requiring weather protection, for exaple iron castings.

Model of one of the nidely lettered 5-plank wagons operated by Black Rock Quarries from Portishead, part of the Roads Reconstruction empire. The wagons were used for transporting roadstone.

The Black Rock quarry was, at one time, served by the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead light railway, an independnt light railway on the North Somerset coast. One of the lines' locomotives, a Terrier type named Portishead, has recently been produced by Hornby in its later GWR livery.

A covered box van in the grey livery of the Tropical Fruit company. Priavtely owned box vans were unusual, making a change from the usual railway company vans in a train.

The Minera lime company operated a fleet of these covered wagons. The peaked roof of these wagons was quite distinctive and cupboard doors are fitted in place of the usual drop-down door used on an open wagon.

Lime is used by farmers to adjust the acidity of soils to provide the best possible balance for the crop they intend to grow, so lime wagons would have been seen visiting many small goods yards across Britain with deliveries for estate farms and local agricultral supply businesses.

This 4-plank open wagon carries the grey livery of the New Cransley Iron and Steel company of Kettering

Expected end February 2008

A nice model of the 7-plank open coal wagon operated by Flower & Sons of the brewery, Stratford-on Avon.

Expected end March 2008

A model of a 5-plank open wagon, as used by the Cumberland grantie company to deliver granite stone to their customers across the UK. A stone load is supplied with the wagon.

The 20-ton coal wagon had been in use for many years, but became more widespread with the introdcution of these steel bodied wagons in the 1930s.

Bolsover was one of the large coal distributors, able to make use of large capacity wagons, having them painted in red oxide with the company name spelt out in an arch on the side.

An excellent model of a covered lime wagon operated by the Whitecliff Lime Company of Coleford, Gloucestershire. These wagons were fitted with a distinctive peaked roof, ensuring that the lime was well protected from the weather while in transit.

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.

Expected end May 2008

The GWR promoted the use of these 20-ton capacity steel bodied wagons during the 1930s and many were leased by South Wales collieries. This model represents a wagon being operated by the Cilely collieries company of Cardiff.

A nice model of a 4-plank open wagon as operated by the Teign Valley Granite company. The Teign valley company operated or had interests in quarries across the UK and their wagons travelled very widely delivering quarried stone.

5-plank open coal wagon in the livery of Twining, a coal factoring company based in Bristol.

21-ton coal hopper wagon operated by Simpsons of Bath.

7-plank open coal wagon in Whitwood livery.

A 6-wheel milk tank wagon operated by Aplin & Barrett, fitted with a red/brown painted tank.

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.

Specialising in the supply of high quality sand for glass manufacturing, Joseph Boam Ltd. operated this 7-plank open wagon from Leicester. It is likely that this wagon would have travelled widely across the UK to collect and deliver different types of sand for use in glass manufacture.

Dapols model is supplied with a sand load.

Renwick & Wilton were very well known coal factors and merchants in the Torquay area, having depots along the English Riviera. The company operated a large fleet of wagons, serving domestic customers and larger consumers like the local town gas works.

Wagon 124 was painted in a plain black and white livery. It carries Gloucester RCW Co. plates and may well have been drawn from that company's large pool of lease wagons.

A detailed model of an 8-plank open coal wagon in the livery of the Littleton Colliery, who applied the initials L C in large capitals for easy identification.

Expected end May 2008.

A neat model of a 5-plank open mineral wagon in the livery of Hannah Samwell & company of Fowey, Cornwall. This wagon was used to convey stone from quarries on the moors down to the dockside at Fowey for onward shipping. No doubt the wagons would laso have been used for rail deliveries where the customer was inland.

Featuring a working end door for use with the end tipper unit R8132.

This model is painted in the red livery of Sheffield based Barkby Jolliffe company.

A welcome re-introduction of the former Lima 6-wheel milk tank wagon model from Hornby. The chassis moulding has been upgraded to properly model the GWR design and incorporate NEM coupler pockets to allow alternative couplers to be fitted.

This model carries a blue painted tank lettered for Express Dairy company.

Model expected during 2008

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

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

New model announced 2008

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

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

14-ton oil tank wagon operated by the Mobil oil company.

A very nice model of the 12-ton mineral hopper wagon in service with Dorman Long of Cleveland.

Hopper wagons were popular in the North East area, these steel bodied wagons were built from the 1930's onwards, replacing worn out wooden bodied wagons.

A very nice model of the 12-ton mineral hopper wagon in service with Bell Brothers Limited, operators of the Clarence Iron Works.

This hopper wagon would have been used to convey the iron ore, limestone, coke and coal used in the furnaces to extract iron. Hoppers were a popular choice for this purpose as the wagons could be discharged quickly and easily over a pit, from which the contents would be conveyed by bucket scoop to the top of the furnace.

New Model expected end July 2008.

The rectangular tank wagon is a completely new OO wagon from Dapol. Wm. Butlers tar wagon is a well-known wagon, it's photograph is frequently used to illustrate the rectangular tank wagon design.

Butlers operated works in Bristol and Gloucestershire, refining by-products of coal gas production into useful chemical fractions. These tar wagons would have travelled widely to collect raw materials from gas companies around the south-west and west midlands.

Expected end October 2008. Price TBA.

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

New Model expected end November 2008. Price TBA.

Aa completely new OO model of the rectangular type tank wagon from Dapol. This model is painted in the red colours used by Smith & Forrest of Manchester

Expected May 2008

from Wimber Colliery, Aberdare in South Wales, this 7 plank wagon was owned by D R Llewellyn, built in 1906 and finished in a pristine finish.

Featuring a working end door for use with the end tipper unit R8132.

This model is painted in the red livery of London based merchant H C Bull.