Bachmann OO9 393-050A WD WW1 Bogie Open Wagon Type D WD Grey
The type D bogie open wagon was one of the more versatile wagons built for the War Department Light Railways. The two-part drop sides allowed the wagons to be emptied easily when carrying aggregates, while shells, rations, ammunition, timber, fuel and water in cans and even troops could be carried easily. The wagons could even be adapted quickly to carry casualties on stretchers.
After the war these general-purpose open wagons were purchased by narrow gauge railways in Britain, France and other European countries, especially where the railways' existing rolling stock had been damaged or requisitioned during the hostilities.
Wagons features:
- metal spoked wheels with pin point bearings
- NEM pockets fitted to bogies with standard 009 couplings as used by Liliput and Bachman USA
- working four side and two end doors that slide to open (covered goods wagon only)
- stretchers fitted in WWI covered goods van
- detailed open framed bogie design, brakes in line with wheels
- bogie with or without hand brake equipment
- finely moulded detail, all chains and latches represented