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Oxford OR76PIL004B

Pilchard Wagon - BR Unpainted Wood DB990073 1:76

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Prototype Era
Era 4 (1948 to 1956) British Railways Early 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 is a model of a British Railways Early Crest era wagon. It is part of the Oxford Rail product range.

The model represents the BR diagram 1/571, a small LNER bogie drop-side ballast wagon designed by Butterly Engineering. Production of the wagons began in May 1950 and ended in May 1951, with 50 examples built under lot 2121. The wagons were numbered DB990050 to DB990099.

Allocated to the Eastern region, these wagons were primarily used for permanent way trains and stone workings. They were later identified with the TOPS code YCO and continued in service until the 1980s, when they fell out of use.