973009 GER Dia.48 7-Plank Open Wagon BR No.E603457 Bachmann_Summer_23 Official Great Dorset Steam Fair

Official Great Dorset Steam Fair Model 2015

The wagons were gradually repainted in a new livery

as these locomotives were retired

Tooling variations:

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973009 GER Dia.48 7-Plank Open Wagon BR No.E603457 Bachmann_Summer_23 Official Great Dorset Steam FairIn early 1903 while wagons of the final order of Diagram 17 were under construction, the GER was busy preparing a new 7 plank design with both an increased carrying capacity and an improved load retention for low weight but high volume goods. Within two months a prototype of the new 7 plank design had been completed by converting an existing 5 plank Diagram 17 wagon originally built in 1898. Trials of the wagon were successful, although the oil axle