37-450C 16T Steel Slope-Sided Mineral Wagon Rivetted Doors BR Grey B7456 option-set-178 Adjustable Track voltage and maximum

Adjustable Track voltage and maximum current

With its double row of bony protective plates running down its spine and its spiked mace-like tail

(1) each 2-56 x 3/8" Screw

★The complicated suspension for the 8-wheel drive

often immediately behind the locomotive

37-450C 16T Steel Slope-Sided Mineral Wagon Rivetted Doors BR Grey B7456 option-set-178 Adjustable Track voltage and maximumSteel bodied mineral wagons were developed from the 1930s, with wagon builder Charles Roberts pioneering the slope sided design. The first production wagons were outshopped in 1939, however the onset of World War Two halted private orders and so the bulk of the fleet was constructed to Ministry Of (War) Transport (MOT) orders. Designed to carry coal, the wagons had end, side, and sometimes bottom doors to aid their unloading. Construction continued