6-Wheel Milk Tank Wagons RTR

Express Milk Wagons
A detailed model of the 6-wheel express milk tank wagons built from the 1930s for the conveyance of bulk milk from country dairies to the bottling and distribution centres in major cities.
Model finished as CWS, the Co-Operative Wholesale Society or Co-Op, number 4409 with a green painted tank.
£73.50
MRP £86.40
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A detailed model of the 6-wheel express milk tank wagons built from the 1930s for the conveyance of bulk milk from country dairies to the bottling and distribution centres in major cities.
Model finished with a plain silver tank and Unigate Creameries owners plate, the usual livery post WW2 and into the British railways era.
£73.50
MRP £86.40
Warehouse: 1
Fast delivery from Warehouse.
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A detailed model of the 6-wheel express milk tank wagons built from the 1930s for the conveyance of bulk milk from country dairies to the bottling and distribution centres in major cities.
Model finished as Express Dairies wagon 4405
£73.50
MRP £86.40

Gloucester: 1
Delivery from stores takes a few days longer!
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Through the 1930s larger country dairies were built, collecting milk from farms and allowing milk to be despatched to the city bottling plant terminals in bulk, instead of using the old, small-capacity churns. To accommodate the increasing volume of milk being moved tank wagons were built with glass-lined tanks to ensure cleanliness and 6-wheeled chassis suitable for running long distances and at passenger train speeds.
The railway companies developed regular schedules for the milk services, ranging from dedicated block trains along the main line, through local mainline passenger services collecting and forwarding the tanks to single wagons travelling behind the branch lines passenger train. Each movement was carefully timetabled to ensure the loaded tanks reached the bottling plant the same day and a similar number of empty tanks reached the country dairies. A useful and prototypical source of traffic for layouts of any size in almost any setting.