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Prototype Era
Era 3 (1923 to 1947) The Big Four (LNER, LMS, GWR and SR)
Cattle wagons were the first of the specialised wagons to be produced and reference to their manufacture and use has been established as far back as 1848. Cattle wagons were made in large numbers by all four of the pre-nationalisation rail companies and were a very common sight on rail systems until their use was eclipsed by road freight vehicles. Once road freight was established as the prime method of transporting livestock many of these cattle wagons were either destroyed as unusable for anything else, or the more lightly soiled examples were converted quite commonly into ale vans for the transport of beer.
The Dapol model is based on a GWR design, of which over 1300 were built and only a few survive into preservation. The Dapol model of the cattle wagon features:
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Dapol
A010
Unpainted Cattle Wagon
Dapol
4F-020-032
Cattle Wagon BR B893324 Weathered
Dapol
4F-020-028
Cattle Wagon Twin Pack BR B893520 & B893320 Weathered
Dapol
4F-020-027
Cattle Wagon Twin Pack BR B893520 & B893320
Dapol
4F-020-020
Ale Wagon Twin Pack GWR 38625 & 38627 Weathered
Dapol
4F-020-013
Cattle Wagon GWR 13828
Dapol
4F-020-037
Cattle Wagon GWR 13830
Dapol
4F-020-034
Cattle Wagon BR B893325 Weathered
Dapol
4F-020-042
Cattle Wagon GWR 313825 - Weathered
Dapol
4F-020-041
Cattle Wagon GWR 13825