Dapol 1887 RCH Wagons RTR

The first RCH standard Private Owner wagons. 

The first full standard specification for mineral wagons was issued by the RCH in 1887. This laid down the minimum standards for all aspects of wagon design, materials and construction which, following the inspection and acceptance of the wagon by one company, all the member companies agreed to accept for regular use.
Weathered version of the H Le Neve Foster Basic Lime Company 7 plank covered lime wagon with peaked corrugated iron roof based on RCH 1887 design specifications.
This new design add to the range and specification of O gauge ready to run wagons, featuring a diecast chassis for added weight and compensation beams for smooth running.
British Manufacturing. Dapol plan to be producing these models from their factory unit in Chirk.
£47.45
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Detailed model of a 7 plank sided covered lime wagon with peaked corrugated iron roof based on RCH 1887 design specifications.
Model painted in Steetley company livery with weathered finish.
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A new detailed model of a 7 plank sided covered lime wagon with peaked corrugated iron roof based on RCH 1887 design specifications in service with the Steetley Lime & Basic Company, lettered S L B. Due to the specialised design for the load carried these vans ran on into the 1950s before being replaced with more modern wagons.
This new design add to the range and specification of O gauge ready to run wagons, featuring a diecast chassis for added weight and compensation beams for smooth running.
British Manufacturing. Dapol plan to be producing these models from their factory unit in Chirk.
£47.45
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A new detailed model of a 7 plank sided covered lime wagon with peaked corrugated iron roof based on RCH 1887 design specifications in service withGeroge Brown. Due to the specialised design for the load carried these vans ran on into the 1950s before being replaced with more modern wagons.
This new design add to the range and specification of O gauge ready to run wagons, featuring a diecast chassis for added weight and compensation beams for smooth running.
British Manufacturing. Dapol plan to be producing these models from their factory unit in Chirk.
£42.50
MRP £49.95
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Model of a peak roof covered lime van finished in the red livery of ICI, Imperial Chemical Industries, running number L24.
This detailed model replicates a wagon built to the 1887 RCH standard with wood underframe and grease lubricated axleboxes based on wagons constructed by the Gloucester RCW company.
£47.45
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Gloucester: 1
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Detailed model of a 9 plank sided covered salt van with peaked wood roof based on RCH 1887 design specifications painted in Tees Salt livery.
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Detailed model of a 9 plank sided covered salt van with peaked wood roof based on RCH 1887 design specifications painted in Tees Salt livery. Weathered finish.
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A new detailed model of a 9 plank sided covered salt van with peaked wood roof based on RCH 1887 design specifications.
This new design add to the range and specification of O gauge ready to run wagons, featuring a diecast chassis for added weight and compensation beams for smooth running.

£43.00
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A new detailed model of a 9 plank sided covered salt van with peaked wood roof based on RCH 1887 design specifications finished as Chance & Hunt van 332. This model has a weathered finish, giving the wagon a more travel-worn appearance.
These specialist covered wagons were included in the pooling of private owner goods wagons during WW2 so were still seen in their owners' liveries into the 1950s.
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A finely detailed model of a covered salt van built to the RCH 1887 design specification for the Manger's Salt company of Stafford, Lymm and London, their fleet number 148.
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A finely detailed model of a covered salt van built to the RCH 1887 design specification for the Manger's Salt company of Stafford, Lymm and London, their fleet number 148.
Model with weathered finish.

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A new detailed model of a 9 plank sided covered salt van with peaked wood roof based on RCH 1887 design specifications finished in the well-known bright yellow livery of Saxa Salt.
Please note wagons are individually weathered, finish will vary slightly from model to model.
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A new detailed model of a 5 plank open wagon following the RCH 1887 specifications and modelled from the production of the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company finished in the livery of S Brookman, coal merchants at Montpelier station in Bristol.
Model with weathered finish.
£43.25
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Bristol: 1, Gloucester: 1
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Highly detailed model of the first RCH standard design 7 plank open mineral wagon finished as Frederick Biss' wagon number 3. Mr Biss ran his business from the large GWR yard at Stoke Gifford, now the site of Bristol Parkway railway station, and the nearby station of Patchway.
£40.00
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Detailed model of a 7 plank open wagon following the RCH 1887 specifications and modelled from the production of the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. Finished in grey livery of Weston-super-Mare coal merchant F Meaker.
British Manufacturing. Dapol plan to be producing these models from their factory unit in Chirk.
£43.00
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Dapols detailed model of the Gloucester Wagon Works built RCH 1887 specification 7 plank open wagon with fixed ends and side doors features period detailing, metal wheels, spring buffers and 3-link couplings.
This model is finished in the red livery of Pates & Co of the College Coal Exchange in Cheltenham.
£43.00
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The Borough Flour Mill, now more generally known as Healings Mill situated alongside the river in Tewkesbury was built in 1866 and in 1892 considered one of the most advanced mills in Britain, capable of producing 25 sacks of flour an hour. Following the arrival of the railway owner Samuel Healing was quick to invest in this alternative to river craft for the supply of coal, grain and shipping of flour.
Wagon number 5 was supplied by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, recorded in January 1900 by the company photographer, who helpfully provides details that the wagon was painted chocolate with white lettering shaded black. The photo (reference 2107) also shows the wagons marked as empty to Netherseal Colliery near Burton on Trent, rather than a nearby Forest of Dean colliery.
£43.25
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Highly detailed model of the first RCH standard design 7 plank open mineral wagon finished as Broughton & Plas Power wagon number 891.
Plas Power colliery on the edge of Wrexham owned by the Old Broughton Coal Company was producing coal from 1877.
FIO this is a different number to the Dapol club wagon which is 879.
£43.00
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Detailed model of a 7 plank open mineral wagon built the the 1887 issued RCH specifications and finished as H P Sauce Works wagon number 1 in red oxide livery.
Many manufacturers ordered a small fleet of wagons to ensure a regular supply of coal was available for their factories, with coal stored in the company wagons avoiding the demurage charges incurred if colliery or coal factors' wagons were not unloaded promptly. The HP (for Houses of Parliament) brand was purchased by the Midland Vinegar Company of Aston Cross, Birmingham in 1899.
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Detailed model of a 7 plank open mineral wagon built the the 1887 issued RCH specifications and finished as H P Sauce Works wagon number 1 in red oxide livery with weathered finish.
Many manufacturers ordered a small fleet of wagons to ensure a regular supply of coal was available for their factories, with coal stored in the company wagons avoiding the demurage charges incurred if colliery or coal factors' wagons were not unloaded promptly. The HP (for Houses of Parliament) brand was purchased by the Midland Vinegar Company of Aston Cross, Birmingham in 1899.
£43.00
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Detailed model of a 7 plank open mineral wagon built the the 1887 issued RCH specifications and finished as Elizabeth Meredith Jones, coal merchant, Blaenau Ffestiniog wagon number 3 in red oxide livery.
Elizabeth Meredith Jones was one of the small number of women coal merchants and clearly established a successful business which was still trading as coal and builders merchants in Blaenau Festiniog after WW2. A 1946 letterhead indicates the businesses was also a distributor of agricultural fertilizer, though the wagons would have been taken into the pool system at the outbreak of the war.
£43.00
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Detailed model of an RCH 1887 type 3-door (side and end doors) wagon finished as Parkend Deep Navigation Collieries number 380,
The Parkend Deep Navigation Collieries Company is recorded as operating several collieries around Parkend, Forest of Dean, including Bixlade Navigation, New Fancy and Parkend Royal collieries. A substantial fleet of wagons was operated for many years marked for return empty to Lydney, from where the returning wagons could be assigned to whichever of the company's collieries needed them.
£43.00
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Detailed model of an RCH 1887 type 3-dor (side and end doors) wagon finished as Parkend Deep Navigation Collieries number 380,
The Parkend Deep Navigation Collieries Company is recorded as operating several collieries around Parkend, Forest of Dean, including Bixlade Navigation, New Fancy and Parkend Royal collieries. A substantial fleet of wagons was operated for many years marked for return empty to Lydney, from where the returning wagons could be assigned to whichever of the company's collieries needed them.
Model with weathered finish.
£43.00
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Warehouse: 2
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Weathered version of the Chnace & Hunt 9 plank sided covered salt van with peaked wood roof based on RCH 1887 design specifications.
This new design add to the range and specification of O gauge ready to run wagons, featuring a diecast chassis for added weight and compensation beams for smooth running.
British Manufacturing. Dapol plan to be producing these models from their factory unit in Chirk.
£42.00
MRP £49.95

Gloucester: 1
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A new detailed model of a 9 plank sided covered salt van with peaked wood roof based on RCH 1887 design specifications.
This new design add to the range and specification of O gauge ready to run wagons, featuring a diecast chassis for added weight and compensation beams for smooth running.
British Manufacturing. Dapol plan to be producing these models from their factory unit in Chirk.
£42.50
MRP £49.95

Cardiff: 1
Delivery from stores takes a few days longer!
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Detailed model of a 9 plank sided covered salt van with peaked wood roof based on RCH 1887 design specifications finished as a wagon operated by merchants S Waterhouse.
£42.50
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A new detailed model of a 9 plank sided covered salt van with peaked wood roof based on RCH 1887 design specifications finished as Chance & Hunt van 332.
These specialist covered wagons were included in the pooling of private owner goods wagons during WW2 so were still seen in their owners' liveries into the 1950s.
£47.45
MRP £55.83

Bristol: 1, Gloucester: 1
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Detailed model of a 9 plank sided covered salt van with peaked wood roof based on RCH 1887 design specifications finished in the well-known bright yellow livery of Saxa Salt.
£47.45
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Gloucester: 1
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A new detailed model of a 7 plank open wagon following the RCH 1887 specifications and modelled from the production of the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. Finished as George Matthews of Wolverhampton wagon number 5 with side doors and fixed ends.
Weathered finish.
£40.00
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Plymouth: 1
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Weathered version of the Lydney Coal Company RCH 1887 7 plank open wagons model.
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Gloucester: 1
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Highly detailed model of the first RCH standard design 7 plank open mineral wagon finished in Lightmoor livery as wagon number 283.
Lightmoor was one of the largest collieries in the Forest of Dean and part of the Crawshay group of mineral companies, resulting in Lightmoor wagons also being used by other Crawshay collieries, with some still to be found after nationalisation.
The Dapol 1887 RCH wagon is based on wagons built by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, ideally suited to Forest of Dean and South Wales operators.
£43.00
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Model of a peak roof covered lime van finished in the red livery of ICI, Imperial Chemical Industries, running number L24 with weathered finish.
This detailed model replicates a wagon built to the 1887 RCH standard with wood underframe and grease lubricated axleboxes based on wagons constructed by the Gloucester RCW Company.
£47.45
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Detailed model of a RCH 1887 type covered salt van finished as Seddons Salt wagon number 22
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A new detailed model of a 5 plank open wagon following the RCH 1887 specifications and modelled from the production of the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company.

£43.25
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A new detailed model of a 5 plank open wagon following the RCH 1887 specifications and modelled from the production of the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company finished as a wagon owned by Chapman & Sons coal merchants.
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A new detailed model of a 5 plank open wagon following the RCH 1887 specifications and modelled from the production of the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company finished as a wagon owned by Chapman & Sons coal merchants.
£43.25
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Dapols detailed model of the Gloucester Wagon Works built RCH 1887 specification 7 plank open wagon with fixed ends and side doors features period detailing, metal wheels, spring buffers and 3-link couplings.
This model is finished in the red livery of Pates & Co of the College Coal Exchange in Cheltenham. Model with weathered finish.
£43.00
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The Borough Flour Mill, now more generally known as Healings Mill situated alongside the river in Tewkesbury was built in 1866 and in 1892 considered one of the most advanced mills in Britain, capable of producing 25 sacks of flour an hour. Following the arrival of the railway owner Samuel Healing was quick to invest in this alternative to river craft for the supply of coal, grain and shipping of flour.
Wagon number 5 was supplied by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, recorded in January 1900 by the company photographer, who helpfully provides details that the wagon was painted chocolate with white lettering shaded black. The photo (reference 2107) also shows the wagons marked as empty to Netherseal Colliery near Burton on Trent, rather than a nearby Forest of Dean colliery.
Model with weathered finish.
£43.25
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Detailed model of a 7 plank open wagon following the RCH 1887 specifications and modelled from the production of the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. Finished as Cardiff based Elders Navigation Collieries Ltd wagon number 466. Weathered.

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Highly detailed model of the first RCH standard design 7 plank open mineral wagon finished as Barton & Company wagon number 321.
Weathered finish model.
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Detailed model of a 7 plank open wagon following the RCH 1887 specifications and modelled from the production of the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company.
Finished as wagon 242 operated by E.D. Williams, owners of the Holly Bush Colliery near Newport, Monmouthshire.
£43.00
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Weathered finish model as wagon 242 operated by E.D. Williams, owners of the Holly Bush Colliery near Newport, Monmouthshire.
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Detailed model of a 7 plank open mineral wagon built the the 1887 issued RCH specifications and finished as Elizabeth Meredith Jones, coal merchant, Blaenau Ffestiniog wagon number 3 in red oxide livery with a weathered finish.
Elizabeth Meredith Jones was one of the small number of women coal merchants and clearly established a successful business which was still trading as coal and builders merchants in Blaenau Festiniog after WW2. A 1946 letterhead indicates the businesses was also a distributor of agricultural fertilizer, though the wagons would have been taken into the pool system at the outbreak of the war.
£43.00
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Detailed model of a 7 plank open mineral wagon built the the 1887 issued RCH specifications
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In 1887 the Railways Clearing House released their first complete specifications for 'private owner' mineral wagons which would be accepted without separate inspections by all British railway companies. Many of these 'RCH 1887' wagons were painted in colourful and memorable liveries as travelling billboards for their owners. RCH specifications were also issued for other types of wagons and were updated frequently, with a full revision for mineral wagons issued in 1907, followed by a comprehensive update after the railways 'grouping' in 1923.

I started writing it as I couldn't find information on the RCH wagons in any other place, so have assembled this article from several published sources, these references being listed at the end. Please email us with any issues or other topics which need to be addressed.

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