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Accurascale ACC2812

Chaldron Wagon Seaham Harbour - Pack M

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Prototype Eras
Era 1 (1804 to 1874) Pioneering
Era 2 (1875 to 1923) Pre-grouping
Era 4 (1948 to 1956) British Railways Early Crest

Manufacturer description

Three wagon multi-pack, NER 4T Chaldron

Pack M: Seaham Dock Co. - Three 4T ‘Black Waggons’, in three body styles, circa 1950s, numbered:

• 11
  
• 39
• 18

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 Chaldron Wagon Seaham Harbour – Pack M is a die‑cast model of a pre‑grouping 4‑wheel chaldron wagon. The livery represents Seaham Harbour and the design traces its origins to a mid‑17th‑century prototype, with the original wagons built around 1820 by a variety of manufacturers. The model is identified by the manufacturer part number ACC2812 and depicts a wagon that would have been used by numerous railways and industrial sites before the grouping era.

The pack contains three 4‑ton “Black Waggons” in three different body styles, each marked with a number taken from the 1950s era – 11, 39 and 18. Every wagon in the pack is based on photographic evidence and colliery records, and the pack is themed after the Seaham Dock Co. Some packs may contain a single style, while others combine styles that historically operated together.

Key specifications include a die‑cast metal chassis with a plastic body weighing 9 g unloaded, a minimum radius curve of 371 mm (first radius set‑track), and five body designs covering the period 1840 to 1978. The wagons feature three wheel‑spoke types, three braking arrangements (including the Londonderry clasp brake), and three bang‑board configurations. Removable “greedy boards” can be fitted to increase coal loading on the Shildon Works version. Detail parts are rendered in eroded metal or plastic, and the wagons are coupled with a fine chain using neodymium magnetic heads and prototypical cotter‑pin couplings; two extra magnetic couplings are supplied for use with locomotives or additional rolling stock. Artwork accurately reproduces colliery markings and numbers, with research assistance from Beamish Living Museum, Bowes Railway and the North Eastern Railway Association.