NR1021B BR 16t Mineral Wagon, MCV, Fitted, Bauxite Code-143 RUNNING NUMBER 7030

RUNNING NUMBER 7030

Door kickplates where applicable

which were more often than not at or aside a railway station – and then collected from the office at their destination

its historical significance recognised and understood

With a total of 158 parts

NR1021B BR 16t Mineral Wagon, MCV, Fitted, Bauxite Code-143 RUNNING NUMBER 7030As part of the1955 modernisation plan British Railways built a series of mineral wagons with clasp vacuum brakes. To distinguish them from the un fitted grey mineral wagons these were painted into a bauxite colour, as depicted on our new model. Latterly, once the "TOPS" computer system was brought in during the 1970s these wagons were coded MCV, and it is for this period that our model represents. As with others in the series, the model features very