964002 GWR Dia. O19 Open C ‘Tube’ Wagon No.94887 Wire once-familiar paint scheme is back

once-familiar paint scheme is back today in the form of a Class 3 railroad based out of Sumner

It was the mainstay of the RAF’s fire-fighting equipment at fighter and bomber bases during the War as well as afterwards

like Accurascale’s existing Chaldron waggons

Who doesn’t have random stuff that has collected over the years

Highly detailed painted models with strappings and numbering

964002 GWR Dia. O19 Open C ‘Tube’ Wagon No.94887 Wire once-familiar paint scheme is backOriginally built to deal with timber loads, the Open C design started life in 1907 as Diagram. O8, the Great Western Railway continued making tweaks to the 15ft wheelbase design and subsequently produced the Dia. 016 in 1913 14, and the O19 in 1914. The Open C were also one of the first wagons to be designed to use the DC III brakes. The O19 was produced right through to 1927, making it the longest produced diagram of the Open C class of wagon.