Hornby 5-plank Ellis & Everard R6442
This 10ft wheelbase wagon uses the former Airfix body and carries its inscriptions in black, lightly shaded red. It seems to be based on a stone wagon preserved at the Snibston Discovery Park in Coalville, Leicestershire which is numbered '23'. That wagon is thought to date from 1903 and probably has a 9ft wheelbase. The Hornby model is numbered '231' but has a colour closer to what the original is thought to have been (according to surviving records). The preserved wagon is incorrectly finished in a buff colour.
Joseph Ellis and Breedon Everard both came from important industrial families and, in 1848, formed a powerful alliance in the coal business. Leicestershire based, they expanded throughout the Midlands and southwards into London and East Anglia. They were one of the earliest coal trading companies to own their own wagons. They moved into quarrying in 1852, buying a granite quarry at Markfield and many of the granite sets and kerbstones ended up in the streets of London. The quarry they bought at Bardon Hill produced stone for road making and railway ballast and is still in operation today.
Model Railway Express
Run by model railway enthusiasts, Modelfair is an online shop specialising in new, pre-owned and collectable model railways. http://www.modelfair.com for friendly and reliable service.
You too could advertise here. E-mail me
at Pat@mremag.com for details.