British Railways Coil - A Steel Coil Wagons
Three wagon multi-pack
Containing three wagons, numbered:
- B949134
- B949164
- B949168
- Bauxite livery
- Air piped conversions of Diagram 1/412, Lot 3450 Coil-A wagons in 1983
- Oleo Buffers
- Roller-bearing axle boxes
- Worked Speedlink trains into Newport Docks, Brierley Hill, Swindon (for British Leyland), Dagenham (for Ford) and even to Poole, in Dorset, for export traffic
- 29 wagons converted
- Nylon hood supported by three movable bars for protecting loads
- Remained in service until 1992, by which time the 21 survivors were all operating out of Llanwern
- Ran in block rakes, and mixed with other steel wagons, but particularly with Coil B, Bogie Coil V and Bogie Strip Coil K wagons.
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Common features:
- Pack of three wagons, each with individual numbers
- NEM standard coupler pockets
- Narrow tension lock couplers included
- RP25.110 darkened profile sets with 14.4mm back-to-backs and 26mm over pinpoints
- Metal 3-hole disc wagon wheels on metal axles - 12.6mm
- Extra fine factory-fitted detail plastic parts and sprung buffers
- Individual lettering and codes from real wagons for authenticity