Parkside Kits O Gauge PS116 BR 13ton Steel Body Hopper Wagon Diagram 1/142 or 1/144
New kit. Price to Be Advised
A detailed model kit of the British Railways all-steel welded construction 13 ton hopper wagons, based on an LNER design and representing diagrams 1/142 and 1/144. Built in the early 1950s the last of these unfitted wagons were withdrawn circa 1980.
Supplied with metal wheels and 3 link couplings.
Based on an LNER design for service with the coal drop staithes at many north east stations these 13 ton capacity hopper wagons were intended for coal traffic, but were also found useful for aggregate traffic including limestone and sand where bottom discharge could be used at the destination depot, saving much shovelling!
Over 2,600 were built between 1949 and 1953 many were being withdrawn in the 1960s as economic traffic flows changed from wagonload to trainload delivery using larger capacity wagons and local station yards were closed, however some could still be found in service until circa 1980.