The latest commissioned private owner wagons from 1E Promotionals are 5-plank R.Deveson & Co. and 8-plank B.Raywood & Sons.
The Deveson wagon is the first of a new series based on businesses in Kent. R.Deveson & Co. were coal merchants in Ramsgate and serviced by the Southern Railway. The coal probably came from the Kent coalfield. The wagon is red-brown and numbered '8'.
B.Raywood & Sons had an 8-plank wagon numbered '1933' and painted black - the same as the model. It was built by Charles Roberts in 1933 (the same number as carried by the wagon) to the Railway Clearing House design of 1923 and registered by the LNER. It was fitted with side doors only and, unlike the model, had three-hole disc wheels. The company was based in Gorleston-on-Sea and the coal was delivered by the line shared by the GER, MR and MGNR, giving access to the Nottingham coalfields.
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