Hornby R6643C OO Gauge BR Shunters Truck - Bristol Hallen Marsh
Model of the GWR diagram M3 shunters truck based at Hallen Marsh in Bristol. These small wagons were provided for shunters in the GWR to provide a safe riding vehicle plus a mobile store for shunting poles, brake sticks, wheel chocks and spare lamps. The truck also provided a useful spacer between the locomotive and wagons being shunted, so wagons could be positioned in or collected from inside a goods shed without the locomotive having to enter the building.
This model is finished in as a truck running in British Railways years with a DW prefixed number, but still painted in the GW goods grey livery. Truck allocated to Bristol Hallen Marsh, the main marshelling yard serving the dock complex at Avonmouth and Severnside chemical plants.