An excellent model of the rivetted construction BR 21-ton steel bodied open mineral wagon. The rivet patterns around the sides and structral components are well represented and lettering is cleanly printed. A load with three coal heaps from the loading plant is fitted.

These wagons were used to move coal for large consumers, such as power stations and steel mills. Normally a trains of these wagons would operate from colliery to consumer as a block train, but a wagon would occasionally escape into the house coal service. This Dapol wagon has metal wheels to provide smooth running characteristics.