973010 GER Dia.48 7-Plank Open Wagon GER (As Preserved) No.5043 Brand_Golden-Valley-Hobbies LENGTH 120mm

LENGTH 120mm

Below the solebar of the wagon the W irons

Tablet Catcher Recess and Tablet Catcher

Not in preservation

2 mm w x 13

973010 GER Dia.48 7-Plank Open Wagon GER (As Preserved) No.5043 Brand_Golden-Valley-Hobbies LENGTH 120mmIn early 1903 while wagons of the final order of Diagram 17 were under construction, the GER was busy preparing a new 7 plank design with both an increased carrying capacity and an improved load retention for low weight but high volume goods. Within two months a prototype of the new 7 plank design had been completed by converting an existing 5 plank Diagram 17 wagon originally built in 1898. Trials of the wagon were successful, although the oil axle