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.

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

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 at locations in Gloucester and Gloucestershire. 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.

The iron or steel bodied box vans originally built by the Great Western Railway proved popular with several private traders, especially cement suppliers whose products required to be kept well away from water!

This van is based on the later gunpowder van design of all-steel construction and is painted in the bright yellow livery and familiar Blue Circle brand name.

An excellent model of the rectangular type oil tank wagon in the plain black livery used by the Associated Chemical Companies of Wakefield.

It is most likely that this tank wagon would have been used to convey waste coal tar from the production of town gas to the companys' Kirkgate works. Black was often chosen as a livery for these tank wagons, not just for reasons of cost. The heavy oils carried were normally black and staining from spillage was less obtrusive.

Rectanguler oil tank wagon painted in the black livery of the Yorkshire & Lincolnshire Tar Distillation Company based at Gunness-on-Trent

A new weathered version of the very popular United Dairies 6-wheeled milk tank wagon.

6-wheel milk tank wagon with the later simplified United Dairies livery using just the initial letters U D.

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.

New for 2009

A pack of three weathered private owner open wagons including
Brookman
McKay

New for 2009

A pack of three weathered private owner open wagons including
James Carter
Spiers
Colmans Mustard

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

A 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.

The iron or steel bodied box vans originally built by the Great Western Railway proved popular with several private traders, especially cement suppliers whose products required to be kept well away from water!

This van is based on the later gunpowder van design of all-steel construction and is painted in the livery of the Rugby Cement company.

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.

New for 2009

Hornbys' annual house livereied wagon for 2009 is the covered lime wagon with its' distinctive peaked roof.

Expected August 2009

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.

Expected August 2009

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.

Please note that this item is shown as 37-160 in the Bachmann 2009 catalogue and has had a new reference number allocated.

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

Model announced 2009

Oil is not the only commodity carries in tank wagons, many liquid chemical products are conveyed. This tank is painted in the green livery of Crossfield Chemicals.

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.

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.

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.

New wagon model from Dapol!

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 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.

Featuring Dapols' new chassis with NEM coupler pockets.

Model of a 5-plank open coal wagon as operated by coal merchant Marshall of Blair Atholl.

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

This model is painted in the bright yellow livery of Colman's Mustard.

New for 2009

This brightly coloured wagon was operated by Ellis & Everard, suppliers of agregates and building stone throught the UK.

New for 2009

Coke was much less dense than coal, so to accomodate a full load the height of open coal wagons were often extended uowards using coke boards.

This model of a wagon in service with the Coalite company is fitted with these extension boards

New for 2009

Coke was much less dense than coal, so to accomodate a full load the height of open coal wagons were often extended uowards using coke boards.

This model of a wagon in service with the Bedwas Coke company is fitted with these extension boards

New for 2009

New model for 2009

6-wheeled milk tank wagons could be safely hauled at passenger train speeds. Overnight trains of these tank wagons ran from county districts to the major cities, supplying fresh milk to bottling plants.

This wagon carries the livery of the well known United Dairies company, who owned the special glass-lined tank. The frames were owned by the railway companies, ensuring a high standard of maintenance.