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Wagon i.d.

Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2019 7:10 pm
by burnie
In 1952 a wagon left Inverkeilor station yard with 50 sacks of barley on board on it's way to Oswestry, the number was E1Y6151, any one able to identify what type of wagon this would have been?
Thanks

Re: Wagon i.d.

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 7:54 am
by jwealleans
That number is incorrect - the wagon would have been 'Ennnnnn'. Maybe a 7?

Sheeted open or a van would be a guess based on the load - I'm sure someone will have the time to look through Tatlow and see what they can find.

Do you have the label for this load?

Re: Wagon i.d.

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:05 am
by burnie
This was sent to me, I don't have the label myself
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Re: Wagon i.d.

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:21 am
by Dave
I read that as E176151, and the label says it's a van, which narrows it down a bit, I will look at my numbers.

Re: Wagon i.d.

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:31 am
by Dave
Right found my numbers, lucky I had a copy at work.
If my interpretation of the number is correct then the wagon lies in the number series 175829 to 176328, a LNER covered goods van to Dia 25,
part of an order of 500 built in 1934.
Hope that helps.

Re: Wagon i.d.

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 11:42 am
by burnie
Thanks Dave, I am contemplating making a model of Inverkeilor station in this period in OO scale and thought it would be nice to include this van in the yard.

Re: Wagon i.d.

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 7:34 pm
by richard
Although there aren't any other 7s to compare, I agree with the interpretation - if that helps!

Those sorts of u-topped 7s seem more common in the past.

Re: Wagon i.d.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 12:47 pm
by burnie
Seems I need one of these then(or two or three maybe)
https://peco-uk.com/products/lner-bulk-grain-wagon-1931

Re: Wagon i.d.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 3:32 pm
by jwealleans
That says Diagram 23, not 25. I'm also fairly certain that there were nowhere near 500 built. 50 seems nearer the mark.

Re: Wagon i.d.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 3:55 pm
by Darryl Tooley
The buik grain wagons were originally built to carry imported grain from Hull. I'd be surprised if Inverkellor ever had the requisite facilities and volume of traffic for their use. I stand to be corrected.

Also, that kit's a pig.

D

Re: Wagon i.d.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:00 pm
by burnie
That's what you get when you ask modelers for advice, I shall keep looking then.

Re: Wagon i.d.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:04 pm
by jwealleans
Isn't one of the Bachmann LNER vans a Diagram 25?

Re: Wagon i.d.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:12 pm
by Dave
Burnie, this is a Dia 25 van

Re: Wagon i.d.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:57 pm
by burnie
Thanks Dave

Re: Wagon i.d.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 7:17 pm
by 65447
Make sure it has a steel underframe (not wooden) and 10' wheelbase (not 9') and is fitted with the vacuum brake - all as Dave's photograph.