ZDV - Worn Bauxite - Triple Pack L

ZDV - Worn Bauxite - Triple Pack LIn the early 1980s, British Rail's shift to an air braked network created logistical challenges for the Ministry of Defence (MoD), whose depot sidings had sharp curves that could not accommodate newer, long wheelbase wagons. To solve this, 50 vacuum braked, 12 foot wheelbase "Pipe" wagons (built in 1961 under Lot 3335 to Diagram 1 462) were selected for conversion. Their drop sides were ideal for palletised loads. Modified at Shildon works in 1983

50029 Renown was the last of 14 examples to gain the same paint job as Royal Oak in June 1987

while the BR double arrow was finally ditched – an original condition of the new sector identity from ‘the board’ – in favour of the West of England route branding

31004 - Blue Tara Mines Livery

Still in working order

Plated window one side

and some were even assigned to short-distance mail workings between Dún Laoghaire and Connolly Station

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Fully compatible with Scalefour Society Standards

Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale top speed of 90 mph (145 km/h)

Thames Mills was closed and transferred into the ownership of Bowaters’ Northfleet Terminals Ltd group and in 1981 412427 was donated by NTL to the fledging North Downs Steam Railway

like the majority of its colleagues it did keep the outer pair of indicator discs retaining that visual connection to the steam era train identification system

Birchalls burned ‘slack’ coal