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Prototype Era
Era 3 (1923 to 1947) The Big Four (LNER, LMS, GWR and SR)
Due to changes in legislature, the transport of cattle and other livestock traditionally performed by rail was changed in a very short space of time to road. This resulted in large numbers of redundant cattle wagons. Many of these wagons were converted for alternative uses and one such was the Fruit Mex which was produced by adding slatted panels to the top section of the body of a standard GWR Mex B 8 ton cattle wagon.
In this form it was ideally suited to cope with the considerable amounts of fresh fruit traffic, particularly strawberries from the West Country and Vale of Evesham. These wagons carried the simple appellation ‘Fruit’ to identify them, and an identical build was also used to carry ale casks.
MODEL
These Fruit Mex wagons are highly detailed and will be a great addition to your rolling stock.
FEATURES
MEASUREMENTS
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Dapol
4F-015-006
Fruit Mex GWR 38198 Weathered
Dapol
4F-015-005
Fruit Mex GWR 38198
Dapol
4F-015-010
Fruit Mex GWR 38239 Weathered
Dapol
4F-015-012
Fruit Mex BR B833329 Weathered
Dapol
4F-015-011
Fruit Mex BR B833329
Dapol
4F-015-004
BR Fruit Mex Van #B833347 - Weathered
Dapol
4F-015-007
Fruit Mex Wagon BR B833359
Dapol
4F-015-009
Fruit Mex GWR 38239
Dapol
B011
Unpainted Fruit Van Body
Dapol
A011
Unpainted Fruit Van
Dapol
4F-015-015
OO Fruit Mex GWR 38215
Dapol
4F-015-016
Fruit Mex GWR 38215 Weathered
Dapol
4F-015-008
BR FRUIT MEX B833359 WEATHERED
Dapol
4F-015-003
Fruit Mex Wagon BR 833347
Dapol
4F-015-019
Fruit Mex BR B833332
Dapol
4F-015-020
Fruit Mex BR B833332 - Weathered
Dapol
4F-015-017
Fruit Mex GWR 38255