Accurascale ACC1103

BR Coil A/SFV Steel Wagon TOPS Bauxite - Pack D

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Prototype Eras
Era 5 (1957 to 1966) British Railways Late Crest
Era 7 (1972 to 1982) British Rail Blue (TOPS)
Era 8 (1983 to 1994) British Rail Sectorisation

Manufacturer description

British Railways Coil - A Steel Coil Wagons
Three wagon multi-pack

Containing three wagons, numbered:

• B949134
• B949164
• B949168

• Bauxite livery
• Air piped conversions of Diagram 1/412, Lot 3450 Coil-A wagons in 1983
• Oleo Buffers
• Roller-bearing axle boxes
• Worked Speedlink trains into Newport Docks, Brierley Hill, Swindon (for British Leyland), Dagenham (for Ford) and even to Poole, in Dorset, for export traffic
• 29 wagons converted
• Nylon hood supported by three movable bars for protecting loads
• Remained in service until 1992, by which time the 21 survivors were all operating out of Llanwern
• Ran in block rakes, and mixed with other steel wagons, but particularly with Coil B, Bogie Coil V and Bogie Strip Coil K wagons.

 

• Common features:
  

• Pack of three wagons, each with individual numbers
• NEM standard coupler pockets
• Narrow tension lock couplers included
• RP25.110 darkened profile sets with 14.4mm back-to-backs and 26mm over pinpoints
• Metal 3-hole disc wagon wheels on metal axles - 12.6mm
• Extra fine factory-fitted detail plastic parts and sprung buffers
• Individual lettering and codes from real wagons for authenticity

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