Dapol O Wagons

Dapol 7F-018-003 Tees Salt Van No: 71 O Gauge

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

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 these wagons proved extremely popular. After the war this popularity was sustai…

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…

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-043-001 Turbot YCV 978363 EWS O Gauge The Turbot bogie ballast wagon was a development from the earlier Bogie Bolster E wagon, which was manufactured in the 1960s and was intended for the transfer of steel. The wagon, however, after a number of years in use was found to be too short for the continuation of its intended role, but it was found that if a low sided three door body was added,…

Dapol 7F-043-003 Turbot YCV 978309 EWS O Gauge The Turbot bogie ballast wagon was a development from the earlier Bogie Bolster E wagon, which was manufactured in the 1960s and was intended for the transfer of steel. The wagon, however, after a number of years in use was found to be too short for the continuation of its intended role, but it was found that if a low sided three door body was added,…

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