37-450D 16T Steel Slope-Sided Mineral Wagon Rivetted Doors BR Grey B7464 - Weathered Class-21 Today it delights motor racing

Today it delights motor racing fans and classic car enthusiasts alike

Race Italian GP 1978

Use in conjunction with the Large Water Tower (Ref 256)

Next18 DCC decoder interface – one decoder required per unit

Later batches used a Leyland built body and those produced more recently had an Optare built body

37-450D 16T Steel Slope-Sided Mineral Wagon Rivetted Doors BR Grey B7464 - Weathered Class-21 Today it delights motor racingSteel bodied mineral wagons were developed from the 1930s, with wagon builder Charles Roberts pioneering the slope sided design. The first production wagons were outshopped in 1939, however the onset of World War Two halted private orders and so the bulk of the fleet was constructed to Ministry Of (War) Transport (MOT) orders. Designed to carry coal, the wagons had end, side, and sometimes bottom doors to aid their unloading. Construction continued