Operated by John Arnold this 5-plank wagon was used to haul the companies' stone products from the quarries around Chipping Sodbury, north of Bristol.

A model of a wagon operated by James Durnford and sons, lime manufacturers and contractors in the Bristol area.

Era 3.

New model expected June 2010

An interesting private owner wagon lettered for Crane & Company, manufacturers of fireworks and firework display contractors. Painted in???an appropriate bright red livery.

All may not be as it seems however, although the fireworks factory would hve required a supply of coal for its' own heating boilers???the Crane family had other business interests. Alexander Crane???operated a coal merchants???business from Gloucester and it is belived that???this wagon worked in connection with this business, rather than the transport of fireworks.

Era 3.

New model expected June 2010

Many large companies operated their own wagons to collect coal for the factory boilers. This wagon carries the lettering of the Shaka Salt company, more commonly remembered for the covered salt vans. The salt vans were usually based on open wagon designs and it is possible that the prototype for this model may have been convertable for use as an open wagon or van.

Era 3.

New model expected June 2010

Model of a 7-plank fixed end design wagon operated by Eales and Roberts, coal merchants of Long Buckby.

Era 3.

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!

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.

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 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.

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.

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

This new model features the new Dapol 7-plank open wagon body with fixed ends and???9-feet wheelbase chassis incorporating NEM coupler mounting pockets.

This model replicates wagon 17 in the fleet of Somerset coal merchant Small & Son. This was a family concern which grew to deal in farm produce and supplies as well as coal, describing their business as coal, corn, forage & lime merchants. Depots were operated in Taunton, Tiverton Junction, Thornfalcon (Chard branch) and Norton (Fitzwarren), serving the rural and aggricultral???communities of West Somerset and North Devon.

???Rectangular tank wagon operated by oil suppliers Walkers.

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Dickinson & Prosser were coal merchants with several depots???in the Stroud valleys, the partnership no doubt provided an enlarged market, allowing the merchants to secure???better cost prices for their coal.

This model will feature the new Dapol 7-plank open wagon body with 9-feet wheelbase wood frame chassis fitted with metal wheels ahd NEM coupler sockets.

A model of a 5-plank open coal wagon in the livery of Bognor coal merchant E A Robinson.

Model features a new bodyshell mounted on the new Dapol wood solebar 9-feet wheelbase chassis.

Expected end January 2010

Model of South Wales & Cannock Chase Coal & Coke Company wagon 977 in the companys' usual light grey livery.

This Worcester based coal company operated a large fleet of wagons supplying coal from South Wales, Forest of Dean and Midlands coal fields to destinations anywhere in the UK.

Featuring Dapols new body and 9-feet wheelbase wood frame style chassis this model is painted in the chocolate brown livery of the Arley Colliery, near Coventry, as wagon number 27.

The GWR introduced steel bodied covered vans in the early 20th century.

Spillers flour ordered a batch of these vans as they offered much better and secure???weather protection than wooden bodied wagons of the period.

Model of a covered salt van in the livery of Salt Union.

A new numbered wagon from the fleet of the West Park Dairy Company. The chocolate brown liveried tanks of this company are especially attractive.

These distinctive tank wagons could be attached to express passenger trains to swiftly convey fresh milk to London. Often working a dialy round trip from country dairy to London and back these wagons are ideal extra traffic for your branch and local passenger trains.

20-ton open coal wagon in the livery of regional electric generators West Midlands Electrciity.

Needing large quantities of coal to keep their generators running the larger electrcity generating companies invested in high capacity wagons. These survived until the generation of power was placed under the central CEGB, with distribution through the national power grid replacing small capacity local power stations.

A very neat model of the covered lime wagon from Dapol with good side and roof door detail. This model is in the pale yellow livery of Crawshay Brothers and will be equiped with the new Dapol???NEM coupler pockets along with???a new running number.

Model of a 5-plank open wagon as operated by the Chipping Norton co-operative society.

Model of an 8-plank open coal wagon in the livery of the Hatfield Main colliery near Doncaster.

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.

New for 2009

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

7???plank open coal wagon as operated by Bernard T Frost of Witney.

4 plank open wagons were often used for buidling materials to prevent overloading of the wagons.

This wagon is finished in the livery of the Little Mill Brick company.

Abercriban quarry at???Pontsticill near Merthyr produced grey grit, limestone, selling???graded???and coated stone products including???chippings, gravel, roadstone and tarmacadam.

Wagon number 57 was supplied by the Gloucester RCW???in October 1907. This being before the 'grouping' of 1922 the wagon is marked for return to the B&M Rly, the Brecon and Merthyr railway.

Expected 2nd quarter 2010

Operated by the well-known Thos Ward company of Sheffield this open coal wagon is equiped with coke rails to increase the carrying volume.

Operated by the Carpenter & Sons of Tiverton, Devon this open coal wagon has bee equiped with coke rails to increase the carrying volume.

Coke, produced by heating coal in the absence of oxygen to drive off impurities, has a much lower density than coal. To use the full weight carrying capacity of a coal wagon extra rails were added above the top plank to increase the volume of coke which could be safely contained.

Expected 2nd quarter 2010

The Norths Navigation group of collieries was formed at the end of the 19th century and operated about 15 collieries by the 1914. They owned a large fleet of railway wagons to convey the production of their collieries.

The livery of the wagons was particularly attractive in the early years, featuring a monogram on the side door formed from the company initials. Wagon number 3000 was one of a larger order placed with the Gloucester RCW and supplied in December 1911.

Expected 2nd quarter 2010

One of the big South Wales colliery groups Amalgamated Anthracite Collieries made full use of these large capacity wagons and reduced haulage rates offered by the GWR.

Robustly built in steel the 21-ton open wagon conveyed more coal for considerably less empty wheight than comparable wooden 10-ton capacity wagons.

New model announced 2010. Expected June 2010.

A model of an open???wagon operated by the Salt Union company from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.

It is unlikely that this wagon would have been used for conveying salt, as good weather protection is required for the refined products, however it may well have been used to collect raw materials or supply coal for the factory boilers.

Era 3.

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

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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

New wagon model from Dapol!

This new model features the new Dapol 7-plank open wagon body with fixed ends and a 9-foot wheelbase wood frame 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.

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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 John Yates, a Monmouth coal merchant.

A new version of the peak-roofed salt van painted in an advertising livery promoting the Snowdrift Salt brand.

5-plank open wagon in the livery of James of Exeter.

This wagon features Dapols' new 9-ft wheelbases wood frame style chassis and fully revised body.

Dapol are releasing a new version of the F H Silvey liveried wagon featuring their new 5-plank body and 9-feet wheelbase wood style chassis. This model will carry a different running number to previous releases, representing another wagon in the large fleet of this Bristol coal supplier.

Based in the???Fishponds area of Bristol, home to many engineering firms including locomotive builders' Pecketts, F H Silvey operated an extensive fleet of wagons. Coal was obtained to supply both the boilers and forges of heavy industry and the homes of the workers. The wagon fleet was kept busy year-round, fetching coal from Yorkshire and Kent as well as local sources in Somerset and Gloucestershire.

Another of Dapols excellent rectangular tank wagons, this model will carry the red livery of Smith & Forrest with weathered finish.

Rectangular tank wagon in the slate grey colours of Clare & Co., a Liverpool based chemicals company.

This wagon is fitted with metal wheels and NEM coupler pockets.

Featuring all new tooling including a 9-feet wheelbase wood frame style chassis this wagon carries the red livery of Stevens &Co. a large firm of coal merchants and factors based in Oxford.

Stevens were a large firm who grew their business by???taking???over locations and business???from other coal merchants as they wished to sell up or retire. The company operated from locations all across the Midlands and home counties, having several depots in Gloucestershire and Warwickshire.

Expected end January 2010

Peaked roof covered lime wagon in the brown livery of Ricard Brigs & sons, operators of the Bankfield lime works in Clitheroe. Wagon number 189.

A detailed model of a 12-ton aggregate hoper wagon operated by Hoare Brothers, a Tavistock based road construction firm.

Model of a 7-plank open coal wagon in the distinctive green livery of Kingsbury Collieries limited of Tamworth.

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

Expected Oct/Nov 2010

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 Oct/Nov 2010

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.

Model of an 8-plank open coal wagon operated by the Reading coal gas company.

A large town gas works required hundered of tons of coal weekly and often operated fleets of wagons to ensure they always had adequate supply.

Era 3.

New numbered model expected September 2010.

A good model of the 14-ton oil tank wagon from the steam era. This model carries the livery of the Fina oil company.

New numbered model expected September 2010

A good model of the 14-ton oil tank wagon from the steam era. This model carries the livery of blended motor fuel specialists National Benzole.

New model expected September 2010

A good model of the 14-ton oil tank wagon from the steam era. This model carries the livery of???National Fertilizers.

New numbered set of tanks expected September 2010.

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

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

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.

New model announced 2010. Expected September 2010

Model of an oil tank wagon operated by J G Robinson of Bristol for conveying vegetable oils.

J. G. Robinson became part of the BOCM, British Oil and Cake Mills group but continued to operate under their own name from Avonmouth for many years. This cylindrical tank wagon carried the original company name and the name of the BOCM group. A later version of the tank lettered BOCM was produced by Bachmann some years ago.

Era 3.

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.

Model expected end September

6-wheel milk tank wagons were built in the 1930s to improve milk delivery service to major cities. These tank wagons could travel safely at passenger train speeds while conveying more milk than could be accomodated using individual churns.

The tank on this wagon???wagon is painted in the red/brown scheme favoured by the Co-Operative Wholesale Society and lettered 'Pure New Milk' for delivery to the Co-Op depots around London.

Expected end September

A 7-plank open coal wagon in the livery of the Stockingford Colliery at Atherstone, north of Coventry & Nuneaton.

Colliery owned wagons were used to deliver coal to all types of customers, most collieries using their own wagons to store coal ready for immidiate despatch. A Stockingford wagon could easily find its way to any commercial consumer or local merchant who needed 10-tons of the collierys' coal.

Expected end September 2010

Private-owner 16-ton steel bodied mineral wagons were quite unusual, the vast majority of these wagons being built for pooled use, however several operators needed specialised wagons.

This wagon is in service with Atkinson & Prickett of Hull, Grimsby, Goole and Immingham, being lettered for them to identify their wagons.

Expected end???October 2010

A new model of a 7-plank open coal wagon operated by Bradbury. These wagons are known to have travelled widely, being identified in the London area, Southampton and the South Wales coal field.

Expected end October 2010

Emlyn Anthracite was one of the South Wales coal companies which purchased these large capacity 20-ton wagons, taking advantage of the better rates offered by the GWR for sending coal in fewer???higher capacity wagons of modern design instead of the traditional???wooden 10-ton opens.

Expected end October 2010

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.

Expected???2nd quarter 2010

5 plank open coal wagon operated by the Nook and Wyrley collieries for the distribution of domestic coal.