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Accurascale ACC2811

North Eastern Railway Chaldron - Pack L

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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 L: North Eastern Railway - Three P1 style Chaldrons, circa 1890, numbered:

• 5723
  
• 3399
• 3374

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 North Eastern Railway Chaldron – Pack L is a 4‑wheel, die‑cast metal chassis model with a plastic body, representing a North Eastern Railway (NER) 4T chaldron from the pioneering era. The model is built to a 00 gauge (4 mm) scale and carries the manufacturer part number ACC2811.

The pack contains three individual wagons, each painted in NER livery and numbered 5723, 3399 and 3374. All three wagons are depicted as circa 1890 P1‑style chaldrons and are presented in a colliery‑themed arrangement based on photographic evidence and colliery records.

Each wagon design has been researched with assistance from Beamish Living Museum, Bowes Railway and the North Eastern Railway Association, ensuring authentic lettering, colliery markings and period‑accurate details. The models feature five body designs covering the period from 1840 to 1978, three wheel‑spoke patterns (split, star and wave) and three brake‑handle arrangements, including the more complex Londonderry clasp type.

Technical specifications include an unloaded weight of 9 g, a minimum curve radius of 371 mm (radius 1 set‑track), scale‑width wire handrails, metal pin‑jaw couplings, wire/etch handbrake levers and removable “greedy boards” on the Shildon Works chaldron for increased coal loading. Eroded metal and plastic detail parts such as grab handles, door pins and safety chains are fitted, and the wagons are coupled with fine chains terminating in neodymium magnetic heads; two extra NEM‑fitted magnetic couplings are supplied for use with locomotives or additional rolling stock.