972012 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon NE (post-36) No.628540 option-set-051 LENGTH 233mm

LENGTH 233mm

10000 worked mainly on Kings Cross main line duties and with its power and smooth riding it was a popular engine with the LNER's drivers

The unit is supplied with a base station and wireless remote as well as a smooth regulated power supply to make getting started a breeze

albeit with many external modifications and without any internal equipment

972012 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon NE (post-36) No.628540 option-set-051 LENGTH 233mmDesigned to replace the ageing 8 ton and 9 ton timber framed wagons of the 1870s and 1880s, the Diagram 17s were a robust steel framed 5 plank wagon with a 9ft wheelbase, a set of doors on either side and an improved 10 ton load capacity. 12,050 examples were constructed between 1893 and 1903, accounting for 65% of the companys wagons built during this period, and by the time the last one rolled off the production line they constituted 45% of the