Oxford OR76PIL007W

Pilchard Wagon - BR Condemned DB990053 1:76

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Prototype Era
Era 6 (1967 to 1972) British Rail Blue (Pre-TOPS)

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 Rail ballast wagon representing the pre-TOPS era. It was manufactured by Oxford Rail as part of a specific product range.

The model depicts a BR diagram 1/571 wagon, which was built by Butterley Engineering between May 1950 and May 1951 under lot 2121. A total of 50 wagons were produced, numbered DB990050 to DB990099.

The wagons were allocated to the Eastern region and remained there, mostly serving in permanent way trains and stone workings. They retained their original identity until the 1980s, when they were assigned the TOPS code YCO.