Accurascale ACC2812-M

Pack of 3 - Chaldron Wagon Seaham Harbour

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Prototype Era
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

Accurascale Pack of 3 – Chaldron Wagon Seaham Harbour (manufacturer part number ACC2812‑M) represents British Railways in the early Crest period. The pack contains three NER 4‑ton “Black Wagons” modelled in three body styles that were in use in the 1950s. The wagons are numbered 11, 39 and 18 and are themed to Seaham Dock Co., with each vehicle’s lettering and markings derived from photographic evidence and colliery records.

The set is composed of die‑cast metal chassis with plastic bodies, each weighing 9 g unloaded. The wagons run on the minimum‑radius curve of 371 mm (first‑radius set‑track). Five different body designs covering the years 1840 to 1978 are available across the range, with three wheel‑spoke styles (split, star and wave) to a blackened 00‑gauge RP25‑88 profile. Three braking arrangements, three types of bang‑board, and removable “greedy boards” (horizontal extensions for increased coal loading) are also provided. Additional detail parts such as grab handles, door pins, chassis chain points and safety chains are reproduced in eroded metal or plastic.

Connectivity is achieved with a fine‑link chain fitted with neodymium magnetic heads and prototypical cotter‑pin couplings. Two extra NEM‑fitted magnetic couplings are supplied for attachment to locomotives or further rolling stock. Artwork accurately reproduces colliery markings and numbers, based on actual photographs where possible, with research assistance from Beamish Living Museum, Bowes Railway and the North Eastern Railway Association.