7F-052-007 5 Plank 9 Ft Ernest Franklin 5 O Gauge Brand_Trix Contents: sand hill

Contents: sand hill

Oliver Cromwell was in fact the last steam locomotive to run a scheduled BR service in 1968

this cargo train is ready to pull the heaviest of loads

- even garden/allotment sheds or temporary site huts

7F-052-007 5 Plank 9 Ft Ernest Franklin 5 O Gauge Brand_Trix Contents: sand hillThe first freight wagons for the railway were open wagons. Initially, as the tractive effort of the locomotives was relatively low, these wagons were generally low sided with only one or two planks acting as sides and carrying capacity of just a couple of tons. As the technology progressed, so did demand for rail freight and with the increased power of the steam engines came bigger wagons. The 5 plank wagon was perhaps the most common general goods