BR 16T Mineral - 1/109 - BR Freight Grey (Original text on black panels) - Pack F CDA China Clay 21t hoppers (HTO)

21t hoppers (HTO)

Initially allocated to Tondu in South Wales

it went first to Talywain Colliery before being transferred to the new Mountain Ash system where it worked until 1975

Handbrakes can be end

but still sees irregular visits by flask trains

BR 16T Mineral - 1/109 - BR Freight Grey (Original text on black panels) - Pack F CDA China Clay 21t hoppers (HTO)Seen as very much the missing link in the Powering Britain range, the 16 ton mineral wagon is an essential addition to the Accurascale range to tell the story of coal traffic on the railways throughout the 20th century. The archetypal BR 16 ton all steel non hoppered mineral wagon proliferated across the United Kingdoms railway network during the 1950s and 1960s and there was probably not a siding, freight yard or industrial railway system in the