Hornby R60107

LMS, Container Service, Conflat A - Era 3

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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

Manufacturer description

British Railways used several standard types of wagon. The Conflat A, which could carry one type 'B', or two type 'A', containers, was the most common; while the Conflat L, which could carry three smaller containers for bulk powders, was also produced in large numbers.

'Conflat' is the telegraphic code within the Great Western Railway's coding of railway wagons for a container wagon. Unlike normal wagon loads, containers were only listed to carry furniture or goods (unless they were refrigerated containers, which carried frozen products kept cold by ice) which needed to be placed on a specialist flatbed wagon which had train braking capability due to the fragile nature of the products carried.

The wagons were removed from service steadily with the advent of more modern containers passing into use. The BR Conflat matches the rest of the BR catalogue well as a compliment to many other wagons, utility vehicles, and locomotives of the era.

Catalogue listing

Brand
Hornby
Product Code
R60107
GTIN
5055286703010
RRP
£21.99
Catalogue
2022 Range
Release date
December 2022

Model details

Finish
Painted
Colour
Blue
Minimum radius curve
1st Radius (371mm)
Coupling
NEM
Livery
LMS bauxite
Gauge
OO
Running number
4853

Prototype information

Wagon type
Conflat
Operator
BR/Pickfords
Wheel arrangement
4-wheel
Designer
BR/Pickfords
Built by
GWR Swindon Works British Railways

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