M&M Models Wagon History
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Welcome Wagons Brake Van
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EMKDE Catfish
Hopper Wagon
Built in the mid 1950s all vacuum braked with end platforms unlike the older designs such as the trout. The ballast hopper catfish was rated 19tons with centre discharge only. It was lower and longer than the herring, requiring one operating wheel only. The original livery was black with yellow lettering. All variants were built to Diagram /586, 716 built by Metro Camell. They were wheel hand braked and has a vac cylinder mounted on the opposite end to the operating platform.
This wagon was often used in conjunction with the plough brake van and these were christened Shark For research photographs of this wagon click here. |
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EMKDE Riveted & Welded Coal Hopper Wagon
The original LNER riveted wagon design was instigated in the 1930s, 2000 wagons being build in 1936. None were actually built by the LNER the work being done by such companies as Head Wrightson, Hurst Nelson and Metropolitan Cammell. All the early vehicles had riveted bodywork and all had heavy duty brake gear involving 4 brake shoes per wheel but on one side only and complete with long brake lever handles as diagram1/143.
Some wagons were built unfitted with clasp brakes and plate front axle boxes for example 450 by Head Wrightson being built in 1950 (B413250-B413699) Tops code HTO and were painted grey. Early examples of the stronger welded construction wagon were built in 1952, One Thousand being built by BR Shildon Works (B413950-B414049).
A total of 16,800 welded wagons were built to diagram 1/146 between 1952-1959 and painted bauxite. Five hundred of these were built in 1957 by Fairfields most fitted with roller bearing axle boxes the majority being unfitted (B422250-B422749).
The riveted LNER design was adopted by BR. they had them constructed by outside constructors and Shildon Works, some 33,500 wagons built between 1949-1959, the main difference from the original LNER design was the fitting of BR axle boxes and grab rails replaced end platform ladders. There were many combinations of grab rails each builder doing their own thing (modelling tip!).
Both the riveted and welded version survived well into the seventies being re-plated quite frequently (A modelling tip to capitalise on). In the mid seventies a great deal of the riveted wagons were re-bodied loosing their characteristic five vertical side supports in favour of the stronger two vertical side supports and welded construction and were painted freight brown.
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EMKDE Coke Hopper Wagon
The original wagon was built by the L.M.S. These coke hoppers consisted of, wagons with wooden raves and ends, split axle boxes and RCH buffers (kit reference MKD 3LMS). 200 L.M.S. plus 600 or so from private owners made up the first B.R. batch. A further 2200 were built by B.R. to the same basic design but with a number of detail variations. These are as follows. The first B.R.
derivative came from these early L.M.S. They were fitted with plain front
axle boxes and had metal side raves and end raves, tie bars and RCH buffers
(Kit reference MKD 3EBR).
These were given the diagram 1/150 (lot no. 2309) and 400/500 wagons were
built at Shildon in 1949. After this due to corrosion problems they reverted back to wooden side raves but with full height metal sheet ends. They were fitted with front plate axle box, tie bars and mostly RCH buffers (Kit reference MKD 3BR).
The last version to be built at B.R. Shildon in 1958 was 550 diagram 1/152 (lot nos. 3122) these had no raves but instead had full height sheeted sides and ends. Some were of a welded construction and some riveted. They were fitted with roller bearing and some still sported RCH buffers (Kit reference MKD 3LBR). Some were fitted and some were unfitted but the majority had two shoe brakes both sides and tie bars. I have tried to be as accurate as possible but know that there are certain contradictions, if anyone can expand on this please contact me In The Sidings. For research photographs of this wagon click here. |
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Welcome Wagons Conflat "A" Wagon
With Container
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EMKDE Dogfish Hopper Wagon
These were built in the late 1950's and were built to Dia 1/587, 1249 were built rated at 20 tons. This ballast hopper was an enlargement of the catfish, fitted with side chutes, it requires three operating wheels and it also has like the catfish a handbrake wheel and a single vac cylinder mounted on the opposite end to the operating platform. The livery was originally black with yellow lettering like the catfish but some later ended up with the olive green departmental livery. 221 were later modified for the conveyance of slag.
This wagon was often used in conjunction with the plough brake van and these were christened Shark
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Welcome Wagons
Lowmac Wagon Dia. 2/242 Vac fitted,
Lettered Lowmac EP, Lowmac SC |
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Welcome Wagons Pipe The pipe wagons were
built to four basic diagrams sharing the same basic dimensions. The first
300 pipe wagons were built at Derby works to diagram 460, and to what
appears to have been an LMS drawing. Then they were followed by a further
300 wagons to diagram 461 at Faverdale works, these were virtually the same
but to a LNER drawing but fitted with automatic vacuum brakes. The next four
lots were back to diagram 460 and it remained that way until 1956 when
Wolverton works began building a new diagram No.462 which were fitted with
vacuum brakes. A further diagram was issued No.463 in 1957, which covered
twenty wagons fitted with hydraulic buffers. The pipe wagons has been found
to be very useful for conversion to many other uses. Dia. 1/460 13 ton pipe
Wagon
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EMKDE Presflo Cement Hopper
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EMKDE HTV Hopper History. The final batch of 21 ton coal hoppers built by BR, was a batch of 1,000 wagons in a single lot, No 3120, to diagram 1/149. All these wagons being built at Shildon Works, all were fitted with roller bearing axleboxes and vacuum braked. Livery being all black but some may have been in bauxite.
Dia 1/149 Lot 3120 B429800 430799 For research photographs of this wagon click here. Book References and Web Page Links can be found In The Sidings.
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This
kit will cover the early BR brake vans to diagram 1/500 by shortening the
footboards by 21mm at each end and no handrails on platform ends, but with
tall vac pipe. Or the brake van to diagram 1/504 with full-length foot
boards but the platform ends require shortening by 2mm and handrails need
fitting to platform ends with low vac pipe, (some had tall vac pipes). Both
of the above diagrams built with LNER style axleboxes and RCH buffers taken
from photo evidence. 
B.R.
produced no fewer than six main types of conflat wagons between 1951 and
1958, with the most numerous being the conflat A, for which six different
diagrams were issued. All had a common body length of 17ft 6ins with a
wheelbase of 10ft and automatic vacuum brake fitted to all.
Running Nos. and lots
The
prototype Presflo cement hopper wagon was ordered in January 1954 and
completed in June 1954, to lot number 2679 and allocated diagram 1/273 at
Shildon works. The lot book contains a note that this diagram was not
issued and all subsequent Presflo construction was to diagram 1/272,
being some 1,891 examples built, plus a further thirty wagons to lot 3029
which were designated for salt traffic, making a total build of 1921
wagons.
