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Accurascale ACC2800-A

North Eastern Railway Chaldron Pack

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Prototype Eras
Era 1 (1804 to 1874) Pioneering
Era 2 (1875 to 1923) Pre-grouping

Manufacturer description

Three wagon multi-pack, NER 4T Chaldron

Pack A: North Eastern Railway - Three P1 style Chaldrons, circa 1890

Containing three wagons, numbered:

• 6597
• 2216
• 4563

Each pack produced has been themed by colliery, and each waggon depicted is based on photographic evidence and reference to colliery records to confirm lettering styles. Some packs contain just one style of waggon, while others contain mixed styles where research has shown that they operated in conjunction with each other. 

Specification List:

• Die-cast metal chassis with plastic body. Weight of 9g unloaded.
• Operates over minimum radius curves (371mm, 1st radius set-track)
• Five different body designs, covering a time period from 1840 to 1978.
• Three styles of wheel design; split spoke, star spoke and wave spoke, to a blackened 00 gauge RP25-88 profile.
• Three styles of braking arrangement and brake handles, with different block types and the more complicated Londonderry clasp type brake.
• Three arrangements of ‘bang-boards’.
• Additional, removable ‘greedy boards’ (horizontal board extensions to the body) to the Shildon Works built Chaldron, giving an increased coal loading.
• Scale width wire handrails, metal pin jaw coupling and wire/etch handbrake levers.
• Eroded metal/plastic detail parts, including grab handles, door securing pins, chassis chain points and safety chains in metal.
• Wagons connected via an all new link fine chain with Neodymium magnetic heads, connected at the wagon via prototypical cotter pin coupling.
• Two extra NEM fitted magnetic couplings supplied with wagon packs to allow for fitting to locomotives and/or additional rolling stock.
• Artwork features authentic colliery markings and numbers, accurate to time period modelled and based on actual photographic evidence where possible.
• Additional research assistance provided by Beamish Living Museum, Bowes Railway and the North Eastern Railway Association.

Catalogue listing

Model details

Prototype information

Accurascale has released a pack of three OO gauge models of P1 style Chaldron wagons in the livery of the North Eastern Railway. The wagons are based on photographic evidence and records from various collieries and are designed to represent the period around 1890. Each wagon in the pack has a different running number: 6597, 2216, and 4563.

The models feature die-cast metal chassis and plastic bodies, with a weight of 9g unloaded. They can operate on minimum radius curves of 371mm. The wagons have been designed to represent different styles, including split spoke, star spoke, and wave spoke wheels, as well as various braking arrangements and 'bang-boards'. Additional details include eroded metal and plastic parts, scale width wire handrails, and metal pin jaw couplings.

The wagons are connected using a new link fine chain with Neodymium magnetic heads, and two extra NEM magnetic couplings are supplied with the pack for use with locomotives and other rolling stock. The models feature authentic colliery markings and numbers based on actual photographic evidence.