Dapol OO 4F-036-035 BR Bulk Grain Hopper Wagon B885332

Model of a British Railways standard design bulk grain hopper from the 1950's. These wagons were a continuation of the steel-bodied bulk grain wagons introduced by the LMS in the 1930s. BR built a substantial fleet of these grain wagons as grain processing had become more concentrated in fewer, larger mills during and following WW2 and moving grain in bulk hopper wagons was far more efficient than sacks in box vans.