Oxford OR76PIL003B

Pilchard Wagon - BR Black DB990080 1:76

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Prototype Era
Era 5 (1956 to 1966) British Railways Late Crest

Manufacturer description

The smallest of the three LNER bogie drop-side ballast wagon designs but the only one not built before nationalisation. BR diagram 1/571 was built from May 1950 to May 1951 by Butterly Engineering under lot 2121. Only 50 were ever built with numbers ranging from DB990050 to DB990099.

Allocated to the Eastern region these wagons remained in the region and rarely strayed far, serving in permanent way trains and stone workings. They were later given the TOPS code YCO and continued to be used up until the 1980s as unfitted stock fell out of use.

Catalogue listing

The Oxford Pilchard Wagon in BR Black livery, with the TOPS code DB990080, is a 1:76 scale model depicting a British Railways Late Crest period vehicle.

This model represents a BR diagram 1/571 wagon, which was built by Butterly Engineering between May 1950 and May 1951 under lot 2121. Only 50 of these wagons were produced, with numbers ranging from DB990050 to DB990099.

The wagons were allocated to the Eastern region of British Railways and remained in this area for their service life. They were primarily used in permanent way trains and stone workings. The wagons were later classified as YCO stock and continued in use until the 1980s, when they were eventually phased out due to the introduction of unfitted stock.