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Accurascale ACC2805-F

Earl of Durham 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 F: Lambton Collieries (Earl of Durham’s Collieries) - Three ex-NER P1 style Chaldrons in pre-1896 livery.

Containing three wagons, numbered:

• 3178
• 3216
• 3820

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 model wagons, representing Lambton Collieries' (Earl of Durham's Collieries) ex-NER P1 style Chaldron wagons in pre-1896 livery. The pack includes wagons numbered 1833, 1641, and 650, each with a pristine finish. The wagons are designed to operate on minimum radius curves of 1st radius track, and are suitable for modelling pioneering-era railway scenes.

The models are constructed from a die-cast metal chassis with a plastic body, and weigh 9g unloaded. They feature a range of details, including eroded metal and plastic parts, scale width wire handrails, and metal pin jaw couplings. The wagons are connected via an all-new link fine chain with Neodymium magnetic heads, and two extra NEM-fitted magnetic couplings are supplied to allow for fitting to locomotives and/or additional rolling stock.

The Accurascale Chaldron wagons are part of a larger range of five different body designs, covering a time period from 1840 to 1978, and feature three styles of wheel design, braking arrangement, and brake handles. The artwork on the wagons is based on actual photographic evidence and colliery records, and the models have been researched in conjunction with organisations such as the Beamish Living Museum, Bowes Railway, and the North Eastern Railway Association.