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Rapido Exclusive Wagons Pack 'E' (OO gauge)
Overview
Rapido / World of Railways Exclusive Wagons Pack E (Wagons No. 1, 4, 5, 6)
PRE-ORDER - STOCK EXPECTED EARLY 2024
The liveries are exclusive to World of Railways and strictly limited to just 60 of each decoration. They are available on a first come, first served basis with delivery anticipated in early 2024. There are two ways to order:
1. Purchase your wagons now! This is the only way to guarantee getting your hands on this fantastic pack of four wagons. Delivery expected early 2024.
OR
2. Register your interest for free. Once the wagons arrive in stock we'll email you with a link to our website to make the purchase. You will have a two-week window to make the purchase, after which the wagons will become available to the general public. Click here to register your interest.
Wagon Description:
Rapido Trains UK’s recent releases of open wagons are the best that we have seen come to the OO gauge market in terms of accuracy, finesse of detail – particularly to the underframe – and the variations catered for. This Railway Clearing House design of 1907 could be seen across many private owners through to nationalisation, with many extending their lives further into internal usage with industrial users.
Rapido’s models feature the highest standard of injection moulded parts married with etched components and superbly free-running wheels in brass bearings. Supplied with tension lock couplings in NEM pockets, these may be easily removed if you wish to use more accurate couplings.
These World of Railways/Rapido Limited Edition wagons are branded with characteristic National Coal Board internal user markings, with their large white crosses clearly denoting they are for use on colliery networks and sidings away from the main line. This makes them a ‘must-have’ for anyone modelling collieries or their sidings in the post-WW2 period, ideally suited to the healthy number of industrial locomotives that have come to market in recent years in colliery liveries.
The markings chosen are based on typical representatives from around the country but are sufficiently generic to be not pinned down to one location. Collieries often had a mix of interpretations of the style which were locally painted which means you could add your own colliery name and easily change running numbers. There are four to choose from with different running numbers meaning you can start a rake of wagons off with variety and interest; ideal if you are buying all four models.