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Accurascale ACC2814

Chaldron Wagon Harton Colliery - Pack O

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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 O: The Harton Coal Company - With two sets of Staiths on the River Tyne, the area around South Shields was the centre of the Harton Coal Company’s operations, its pits being linked by an extensive railway system. This system was electrified in 1907, and the Chaldrons were a common sight on the system until the inter-war years, when the fleet was disbanded, with a number of differing lettering styles being utilised.
Two P1 style Chaldrons and an S&DR style Chaldron, circa 1910, numbered:

• 502
  
• 372
• 288

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 Harton Colliery – Pack O is a three‑wagon die‑cast model representing early coal wagons used by the Harton Colliery in South Shields. The wagons are liveried in the Harton Colliery colours, have a 4‑wheel arrangement and are based on designs that originated in the mid‑17th century and were still in use around 1820. Each wagon carries authentic markings and numbers derived from photographic evidence and colliery records.

The pack includes two P1‑style Chaldrons and one S&DR‑style Chaldron, all modelled to a 00 gauge (RP25‑88) profile and equipped with interchangeable wheel designs, braking arrangements and bang‑board configurations. The chassis is die‑cast metal with a plastic body, weighs about 9 g unloaded and can run on a minimum radius curve of 371 mm (first radius set‑track). Removable “greedy boards”, metal handrails, pin‑jaw couplings and magnetic couplings are provided for realistic operation.

Research for the model was supported by the Beamish Living Museum, Bowes Railway and the North Eastern Railway Association. The pack is intended for enthusiasts of pioneering railway equipment, covering a period from 1840 to 1978 and reflecting the extensive railway network that linked the Harton Coal Company’s pits to its staiths on the River Tyne.