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Departmental Wagons

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Starting off this page with a selection of departmental wagons at Morfa Bank Sidings. The winch and engine was covered on all the designs. The LMR variety was rather more substantial than the WR versions, the early example of which seemed to feature just canvas hoods. In later years some seemed to be plywood covered while others featured galvanised sheeting but each set was slightly different. This set was based on one I had clambered over in Barry back in the 1980s. After a coat of faded olive green (always an interesting colour to replicate) and rust the two wagons spent a long time undergoing lettering, little of which was available commercially. A fiddly job! Now just awaiting some couplings and some old old ballast across the floor of the roller wagon.


With the Grampus pair complete a Cambrian Sturgeon A followed them across the workbench to run between they two other wagons. This carries several lengths of rail hauled on board by the winch from the rail set. It makes for an impressive wagon but does take up a lot of space!


Wibdenshaw - ex-pipe.


Wibdenshaw - Sealion.


Wibdenshaw.


Wibdenshaw - ex-LMS brake & ex-NER brake.


Wibdenshaw - Tippler.


Shenston Road.


Shenston Road.


Shenston Road.


Shenston Road.


Shenston Road.


Shenston Road.


Morfa Bank Sidings - permanent way equipment.


Morfa Bank Sidings - permanent way equipment.


Morfa Bank Sidings - track relaying machine.


Morfa Bank Sidings - track relaying machine.


Morfa Bank Sidings - track relaying machine.


Morfa Bank Sidings.


Morfa Bank Sidings.


Ballast wagons at Hornsey Broadway.


Built and detailed By Mike Whitchurch.

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