A good model of the BR single-planked lowfit wagon. These useful wagons could convey loads which required only a flat wagon to carry. This includes crated loads and road vehicles. These loads could easily be chained down, while the low sides ensured that any loose items like chain ends were retained within the wagon in transit.
Lowfit wagons were marked as unsuitable for carrying containers as they did not have the lashing rings fitted to purpose-built container flats, but railwaymen found that containers could just as easily be secured by ropes around the buffers.
Era 5