The CDA wagon was a type of hopper railway wagon used by British Rail, and then the privatised railway, to move china clay in South West England. The CDA was based on the same design as the HAA wagons which were used to transport coal, with …

China clay wagons, also known as kaolin wagons, are specialised railway freight vehicles designed primarily for the transportation of china clay. China clay, or kaolin, is a fine white clay that has significant industrial importance, particularly in the …

2019年6月1日 · For many years, the long-distance china clay traffic from the West Country to the Potteries was transported in British Rail vacuum-braked five-plank open wagons. These had been modified with roller bearings during the 1970s to improve reliability but they could only carry 13 tons and needed to be sheeted to protect the highly sensitive load ...

94059 is one of 500 built at Swindon in 1914 to Diagram O13, Lot 777. It is a 4-wheeled 5-plank open tippler wagon with a capacity of 12 tons. The wagons were used until the 1950s to haul china clay from Cornwall to the Staffordshire potteries, and accordingly were latterly given the telegraphic code 'CLAY'.

2023年11月16日 · Do to a deluge of requests from modellers, and to mark the recent withdrawal from service of the real wagons, we are delighted to announce an all new run of our beautiful CDA hopper wagons in the iconic English China Clay (ECC) livery as they first appeared in …

2021年1月4日 · BR built 875 China clay wagons (the first 300 were unfitted when introduced but vacuum brake soon afterwards). They replaced earlier similar wagons, and needed to be unusually small - only 16ft. 6in. over headstocks with 9ft. wheelbase and had an end tippler door

These wagons with their tent type canvas hoods and the legend "Not to be moved with the hood down" painted on the side, were once a common sight in the south west of England transporting china clay to the midlands potteries, but are now extinct on the main lines as traffic is carried as a slurry in tank wagons.

All PECO wagons feature free running wheels in pin point axles. The ELC coupling, whilst compatible with the standard N gauge couplings, keeps a realistic distance between the vehicles and enables the PL-25 electro magnetic decoupler to be used for remote uncoupling. Please find below a list of useful guides relating to this product.

GWR 00 12ton China Clay Wagon 500 of these wagons (diagram O13) were built in 1913. Used for short run traffic in Cornwall and to carry china clay to potteries and paper mills. Final withdrawal took place in the late 1950s. These finely moulded plastic wagon kits come complete with pin point axle wheels and bearings.

2021年2月6日 · In 1987 BR introduced a fleet of 125 wagons to carry china clay within the West Country. They replaced small open end tippler wagons. A selection of wagons recorded when reasonably new.