Bachmann OO9 393-025A WD WW1 Covered Goods Wagon WD Grey Weathered
These covered box vans were ordered for use as ambulance vans on the WW1 narrow gauge trench railway system. The tall vans were not a great success on the temporary tracks of the front line, but proved suitable for the more permanent track found on estate railway systems.
Model finished in WD WW1 grey with weathered finish.
Built for use on the extensive network of 2ft/600mm narrow gauge lines which served the trenches of WW1 the vans were intended to provide for delivery of supplies and evacuation of casualties. The tall vans proved unsuitable for use over the uneven and often temporary track of the front lines, so were mostly confined to rear areas and workshops. The vans proved far more successful after the war on more permanent narrow gauge railways and tramways, including farm and estate railways. However the short haul distances of many of these lines mitigated against the use of vans, open wagons being quicker and easier to load, unload and cover with a tarpaulin for the journey in inclement weather. A number have survived, often as stores vans, to be purchased for preservation, where they make useful stores vans!
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