PC90 - Parkside - OO/HO - BR(LNER) 13 ton Steel Hopper Wagon trade-only Being fitted with the vacuum

Being fitted with the vacuum brake

The GWR introduced a fleet of these vans (diagram Y4) in the early 1920s

PECO Great Little Trains OO-9 Ffestiniog Railway 'Bowsider' composite In Early Preservation Livery No

Footprint 90mm x 70mm

PC90 - Parkside - OO/HO - BR(LNER) 13 ton Steel Hopper Wagon trade-only Being fitted with the vacuumOver 2,600 of these wagons were built for use on British Railways, between 1949 and 1953. They became synonymous with the North East Region, where coal drop staithes were commonly provided in the station goods yard, so a bottom discharge hopper was the obvious type to use. Although intended for transporting coal, in later life they became more nomadic around the UK and were used for carrying other materials such as stone and sand. The last examples