GR340UG - PECO - OO-9 - Snailbeach Hopper Wagon, Unlettered Grey On30 Use Modelscene 5079 Cable Drums

Use Modelscene 5079 Cable Drums to extend this set

standing a scale 5ft tall (20mm excluding coping) which can follow a straight or curved road

Width 32mm

making it suitable for many areas of the country

these wagons (diagram 1974) carried coal to the company's loco depots

GR340UG - PECO - OO-9 - Snailbeach Hopper Wagon, Unlettered Grey On30 Use Modelscene 5079 Cable DrumsThe Snailbeach District Railways system was located in Shropshire and was built to carry lead ore over a narrow gauge route with a gauge of 2ft 4 inches. The mines were located at Stiperstones and they transferred their ore to a connection with the Great Western Railway at Pontesbury. A fleet of various hopper wagons was used to transport the ore and it is one of those wagons that is the subject of our new model. Opened in 1877 the railway was finally