Dapol O Wagons

7F-018-009W O GAUGE SALT VAN CHANCE & HUNT 332 WEATHERED

Salt was one of the most important feed stocks that fed the industrial revolution and vast quantities would have been transported nationally. The principal salt mining area in the UK was Cheshire, but salt was also mined in Lancashire, the Midlands and Yorkshire. Once processed, the salt had to be kept dry and was transported in bags in high sided wagons with weather proof, usually pitched roofs.…

7F-018-012W O GAUGE SALT VAN SAXA SALT 252 WEATHERED

Dapol 7F-030-008 16t Steel Mineral Wagon Diagram 108 B570259 BR Bauxite O Gauge

Dapol 7F-030-009 16t Steel Mineral Wagon Diagram 108 B582100 BR Bauxite O Gauge

Dapol 7F-030-012 16T Steel Mineral Wagon BR Bauxite B68948 Diag 1/114 O Gauge The 16 ton mineral wagon was a product of wartime when the requirement for coal soared and e orts were made to transport it more efficiently. Prior to wartime most coal was transported in wooden open wagons with a maximum loading of 12 tons. The all steel construction allowed a 33% increase in load and as a consequence t…

Bulk milk transportation started in 1931 with the introduction of the 4-wheeled milk tanker. These wagons were built by the SR for United Dairies, but these vehicles rode very poorly and had to be speed restricted. To overcome these deficiencies the 6 wheel milk tanker was developed for United Dairies and Express Dairy. These wagons proved very successful and over 630 6-wheeled milk tankers were b…

Dapol 7F-031-007 6 Wheel Milk Tanker Express Dairies No: 4405 O Gauge MEASUREMENTS LENGTH OVER BUFFER 164mm WIDTH 54mm HEIGHT Bulk milk transportation started in 1931 with the introduction of the 4-wheeled milk tanker. These wagons were built by the SR for United Dairies, but these vehicles rode very poorly and had to be speed restricted. To overcome these deficiencies the 6 wheel milk tanker was…

7F-031-008 O GAUGE 6 WHEEL MILK TANKER CWS GREEN 4409

Dapol 7F-037-11W LNER Conflat & Container 39330 (Weathered) O Gauge Containers and the special wooden decked conflat wagons used to convey them were produced in great numbers by all four of the railway companies. They allowed door to door deliveries via road, rail and road again without the requirement for the good to be handled at each leg. In the main they were used for furniture removal, althou…

Dapol 7F-047-001 HEA Coal Hopper Railfreight Red/Grey 360104 O Gauge

Dapol 7F-047-003 HEA Coal Hopper Freight Brown 360114 O Gauge