HE3806 - Wilbert - DCC Sound PC017B/C PCA Bulk Cement Wagon Double axle-guards

Double axle-guards

Used to supply coal for the boilers at Stargate and Emma

joining the second batch of locomotives for tender in February 2022

in 'as delivered' Silver Livery in a Special Presentation Box

UCV - Flat Hood - Fitted - 1972 to 1975 - Pack E

HE3806 - Wilbert - DCC Sound PC017B/C PCA Bulk Cement Wagon Double axle-guardsWilbert as we have come to know him, was built by Hunslet, Leeds, in 1953. One of a number of postwar austerities, ordered by the National Coal Board. It was delivered in December that year to Rawnsley loco shed, Staffordshire for its first employment in the South Staffordshire coalfield and was painted a light green colour. Works number 3806 led an average working life, moving around the coalfield to Cannock shed, and then West Cannock. At some point