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Accurascale ACC2802-C

Seaton Burn 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 C: Seaton Burn Coal Co. - Two ex-NER P1 style Chaldrons and an early Shildon built Chaldron, circa 1902.

Containing three wagons, numbered:

• 298
• 268
• 369

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 Chaldron wagons, representing the Seaton Burn Coal Company, in OO gauge. The pack consists of two ex-North Eastern Railway style P1 Chaldrons and an early Sheldon-built Chaldron, dating back to circa 1902.

Each wagon is finished in pristine condition and features a unique running number: 298, 268, and 369. The wagons are designed for use on minimum radius curves of 1st radius set-track, which is a radius of 371mm.

The wagons are built with die-cast metal chassis and plastic bodies, weighing 9g unloaded. The models feature a range of details, including eroded metal and plastic parts, scale width wire handrails, and metal pin jaw couplings.

The wagons are designed to be connected using a new link fine chain with Neodymium magnetic heads and prototypical cotter pin couplings. Two extra NEM fitted magnetic couplings are also supplied to allow for fitting to locomotives and additional rolling stock.

The artwork on the wagons features authentic colliery markings and numbers, based on photographic evidence and research assistance provided by organisations such as the Beamish Living Museum, Bowes Railway, and the North Eastern Railway Association.

The pack is part of a series of Chaldron wagon sets, each themed by colliery and featuring different styles of wagons that operated together during the pioneering period of railway development.