Rapido Trains UK 937007 - 217624 LMS BAUXITE LMS Diagram 1666 5 PLANK OPEN WAGON OO Gauge

Description Rapido Trains UK, LMS BAUXITE LMS Diagram 1666 5 PLANK OPEN WAGON OO Gauge Catalogue Number: 937007 LMS D1666 5 plank open LMS Bauxite No.217624 9ft Wheelbase Independent either side brake Spoked wheels running in metal bearings Injection moulded construction with metal detailing parts High level of detail above and below the floor line NEM coupler pockets The LMS inherited some 305,000 good vehicles from its constituent companies. However, many of these needed replacing and the LMS embarked on a huge wagon building program. It looked to a Midland Railway design as its standard open wagon. The first batch of 1,000 wagon was built by the LMS in 1923. A staggering total of 54,450 wagons were built to this design – designated Diagram 1666 by the LMS – up to 1930. There were more Dia. 1666s built than the total number of goods wagons on the Southern Railway! Rapido Trains UK has produced the most numerous LMS wagon... ever! These wagons survived in large numbers well into the BR era with a number finding their way into private works and industrial use. But for a wagon that was built in such large numbers only a handful have survived into preservation including at the Chasewater Railway and Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. DESCRIPTION • NEM coupling pockets • Fine detailed plastic bodies/ chassis with metal parts • Lots of fine, separately fitted details 1:76 scale, ‘OO’ gauge