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Dapol B010

Cattle Wagon Body Unpainted

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Prototype Era
Era 3 (1923 to 1947) The Big Four (LNER, LMS, GWR and SR)

Manufacturer description

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.

Catalogue listing

Model details

The Dapol Unpainted Cattle Wagon Body is a model designed for OO gauge railway enthusiasts. The model has a width of 33mm and is supplied in an unadorned, unpainted state.

This means that the model requires painting and assembly to complete, with the option to attach it to a suitable chassis of your choice. The model is intended to represent a cattle wagon from the Big Four period, which spanned the era of the LNER, LMS, GWR and SR railway companies.