972007 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon GCR No.32200 option-set-029 Locomotive Servicing Cradle – 440mm

Locomotive Servicing Cradle – 440mm

The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway 8 ton goods brake vans were built by the Bristol Carriage & Wagon Works in 1897

and an Inspection Pit (Peco LK-56/156) was also often provided

As the Mirrlees unit was slightly heavier than the English Electric 12CSVT they were replacing

fleet number LN1

972007 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon GCR No.32200 option-set-029 Locomotive Servicing Cradle – 440mmDesigned 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