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Dapol 4F-045-019

IOA Ballast Wagon Network Rail Yellow 3170 5992 050-2

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Prototype Eras
Era 10 (2005 to 2015) Rebuilding of the Railways
Era 11 (2016 to 2026) The Last Days of Privatisation

Manufacturer description

The Romanian built IOA wagon is a type of high sided open wagon designed to carry ballast and spoil. They were first released in 2009 and all carried the distinctive Network Rail Engineers yellow livery and were designated Mussel. The IOA had a maximum load capacity of 102 tonnes and usually travel in block trains of 10 wagons or more.

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Prototype information

The Dapol IOA Ballast Wagon in Network Rail Yellow livery is a model of a high-sided open wagon designed to carry ballast and spoil. The wagon, built by Greenbrier Europe in Poland in 2009, features an accurate representation of the IOA wagon type, which was first introduced in 2009.

The model is designed to accurately depict the Network Rail Engineers yellow livery and features a finely moulded body with many separately added details. It also has a finely applied livery with accurately printed detail, profiled wheels, and NEM pockets as standard.

This model represents a wagon with a maximum load capacity of 102 tonnes, typically travelling in block trains of 10 wagons or more. It has a running number of 3170 5992 050-2 and features a length of 182mm, a width of 33mm, and a height of 43mm.

The wagon is part of Dapol's range of Network Rail models and is designed to represent the rebuilding of the railways in the UK.