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Rapido 972017 GER Dia.17 5 Plank Wagon GER (As Preserved) No.28601

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Rapido 972017 GER Dia.17 5 Plank Wagon GER (As Preserved) No.28601

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The Great Eastern Railway operated a vast network of lines serving Northeast London’s densely populated suburbs and East Anglia’s agrarian market towns, villages, coastal resorts and ports. General merchandise traffic dominated the company’s goods receipts and further grew in importance during the 1890s, while mineral traffic maintained a steady growth. This area of the country was devoid of heavy industry and mines, so the company imported coal mainly from Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire collieries.

Designed to replace the ageing 8-ton and 9-ton timber framed wagons of the 1870s and 1880s, the Diagram 17s were a robust steel framed 5-plank wagon with a 9ft wheelbase, a set of doors on either side and an improved 10-ton load capacity. 12,050 examples were constructed between 1893 and 1903, accounting for 65% of the company’s wagons built during this period, and by the time the last one rolled off the production line they constituted 45% of the company’s total number of goods wagons.

Specifications:-

  • GER Dia.17 5-plank open wagon
  • GER grey (as preserved) No. 28601
  • Morton 4-shoe brakes with open ratchet (U safety loops)
  • Monarch door mechanism
  • Ribbed buffer housings
  • LNER B1 axleboxes
  • GER split-spoke wheels running in metal bearings
  • High level of detail above and below the floor line
  • High quality livery application
  • NEM coupler pockets
  • 1:76 scale, (OO gauge)