Hornby Open Wagons3-plk LMS Engineers Northampton.jpg (19199 bytes)

In 1995, Hornby introduced three different 9ft wheelbase open wagons to represent earlier designs built on timber frames. The smallest of these was a 3-plank of which 26 versions have been released. Two recent arrivals are a grey LMS engineering wagon (R6489), identified by a large 'E' on its sides, and a red private owner wagon (R6490), incorrectly listed as a 4-plank wagon in the Hornby catalogue. 3-plank The Little Mill Brick Co. 7.jpg (33353 bytes)The latter carries the name 'The Little Mill Brick Co.' and is No7 in the company's fleet. Little Mill is near Pontypool in Monmouthshire.4-plk Abercriban Quarries 57.jpg (25853 bytes)

Another of the 9ft wheelbase timber frame wagons modelled in 1995 was a 4-plank. This has now been released in the red livery of Abercriban Quarries Co. (R6492), who were suppliers of greygrit, limestone macadam, chippings and gravel and were based in Pontsticill, near Merthyr.4-plank Thomas Lant 223.jpg (41972 bytes)

The 5-plank wagon currently in use comes from former Airfix tooling and the latest release is in the black livery of Thomas Lant (R6491). This company supplied roadstone from the Llanelwedd Basalt quarries at Buith Wells and the wagon was number 22 in their fleet.7-plank Frost.jpg (43553 bytes)

The 7-plank wagon is another model from former Airfix tooling and a recent release is the black wagon belonging to Bernard T Frost (R6488). This is numbered 31 and the business was located at Witney.

From the same tooling comes Hornby's 'date' wagon for this year R6501. As usual it is in red and carries a large '2010' and the Hornby logo.

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