Dapol O Gauge 7F-041-002 Charles Roberts 33457 Slope Sided 14 Ton Mineral Wagon Bauxite 1935-1940

The slope sided steel bodied 14 ton capacity mineral wagon was designed and patented by Charles Roberts in 1935, these more robust wagons being trialed or purchased by several private wagon operators for coal and iron ore service. In 1943 the Ministry of War Transport (MWT) ordered 9,000 wagons to replace aging requisitioned wooden private owner wagons, with 7,000 completed by nationalization. British railways allocated these wagons diagram 1/100, and uprated them to 16 tons. Four further batches were ordered in 1946 with many lasting into the 1960’s
Model finished in bauxite livery as Charles Roberts wagon 33457, likely used as a demonstrator wagons and part of the builders hire fleet. 1935 into 1940s.