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Dapol A020

Conflat & Container Unpainted

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Prototype Eras
Era 3 (1923 to 1947) The Big Four (LNER, LMS, GWR and SR)
Era 4 (1948 to 1956) British Railways Early Crest
Era 5 (1956 to 1966) British Railways Late Crest
Era 6 (1967 to 1972) British Rail Blue (Pre-TOPS)

Manufacturer description

Containers and the special wooden decked conflat wagons used to convey them were produced in great numbers by all four of the railway companies. They allowed door to door deliveries via road, rail and road again without the requirement for the goods to be handled at each leg. In the main they were used for furniture removal, although some were modified to be used with ice as refrigerated containers.

Post nationalisation BR built over 20,000 conflat wagons and these continued into service until the arrival of the modern standard ISO containers in the 1960s.

Catalogue listing

Model details

Prototype information

Dapol Conflat & Container (unpainted) is a model in OO gauge representing a British Railways early‑crest conflat wagon. It measures 82 mm in length, 33 mm in width and 48 mm in height, with a pristine finish and a minimum curve radius of 1. The livery is London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and it has a 4‑wheel arrangement. The model is built to the specifications of the original GWR Swindon Works design and carries the manufacturer part number A020.

Conflat wagons and their accompanying wooden‑decked containers were produced in large numbers by all four pre‑nationalisation railway companies. They enabled door‑to‑door transport of goods, chiefly furniture, without handling the cargo at each stage; some were later adapted for ice as refrigerated containers. Following nationalisation, British Railways built more than 20 000 conflat wagons, which remained in service until the introduction of modern ISO containers in the 1960s.