Marshall 5 Plank Wagon 9ft Wheelbase No.2 - Weathered Brand_Dapol BR Mark 1 coaching stock

BR Mark 1 coaching stock was the first standardised design of railway carriages built by British Railways (BR) post-nationalisation in 1948

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and construction was shared between the LMS’s Crewe Works who made the majority

DVTs resemble locomotives (specifically Class 91) and thus when the train is operating in push mode

36-557 is recommended

Marshall 5 Plank Wagon 9ft Wheelbase No.2 - Weathered Brand_Dapol BR Mark 1 coaching stockThe first freight wagons for the railway were open wagons. Initially, as the tractive effort of the locomotives was relatively low, these wagons were generally low sided with only one or two planks acting as sides and carrying capacity of just a couple of tons. As the technology progressed, so did demand for rail freight and with the increased power of the steam engines came bigger wagons. The 5 plank wagon was perhaps the most common general goods