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Rapido Trains UK - 961003 - Covered Wagon, Iron Mink, 10-Ton - Great Western - 3-Pack

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Production TypeAnnounced
Stock Number961003
Original Retail Price£69.95
BrandRapido Trains UK
ManufacturerRapido Trains UK
Body StyleRapido Covered Wagon Iron Mink
PrototypeCovered Wagon, Iron Mink, 10-Ton
Road or Company NameGreat Western (Details)
Reporting MarksGW
Road or Reporting Number3-Pack
Paint Color(s)Black with Grey Roof
Print Color(s)White & Red
Paint SchemeWartime Livery
Additional Markings/SloganImprovised Gunpowder Van
Coupler TypeRapido Hook NEM Standard Pocket
Coupler MountBody-Mount
Wheel TypeNickel-Silver Plated Metal
Wheel ProfileSmall Flange (Low Profile)
MultipackYes
Multipack Count3
Multipack ID Number961003
Item CategoryRolling Stock (Freight)
Model TypeCovered Wagon
Model Subtype10-Ton
Model VarietyMetal, Iron Mink
Scale1/148
Track GaugeN standard



Specific Item Information: Road Numbers: Wagon 1 – No.11346 (plated end vents, double sided 3-shoe brakes and GPV doors) Wagon 2 – No.58725 (plated end vents, double sided 4-shoe brakes and GPV doors) Wagon 3 – No.11036 (end vents, double sided 3-shoe brakes and standard doors)
Road Name History:
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838. It was engineered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who chose a broad gauge of 7 ft (2,134 mm)—later slightly widened to 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm)—but, from 1854, a series of amalgamations saw it also operate 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard-gauge trains; the last broad-gauge services were operated in 1892. The GWR was the only company to keep its identity through the Railways Act 1921, which amalgamated it with the remaining independent railways within its territory, and it was finally merged at the end of 1947 when it was nationalised and became the Western Region of British Railways.

The GWR was called by some "God's Wonderful Railway" and by others the "Great Way Round" but it was famed as the "Holiday Line", taking many people to English and Bristol Channel resorts in the West Country as well as the far south-west of England such as Torquay in Devon, Minehead in Somerset, and Newquay and St Ives in Cornwall. The company's locomotives, many of which were built in the company's workshops at Swindon, were painted a Brunswick green colour while, for most of its existence, it used a two-tone "chocolate and cream" livery for its passenger coaches. Goods wagons were painted red but this was later changed to mid-grey.

Great Western trains included long-distance express services such as the Flying Dutchman, the Cornish Riviera Express and the Cheltenham Spa Express. It also operated many suburban and rural services, some operated by steam railmotors or autotrains. The company pioneered the use of larger, more economic goods wagons than were usual in Britain. It operated a network of road motor (bus) routes, was a part of the Railway Air Services, and owned ships, docks and hotels.

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Item created by: CNW400 on 2024-01-11 10:06:57

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