Oxford Rail OO OR76MW7005 Coventry Collieries 7 Plank Open Coal Wagon No.217

Oxford Rail OO Coventry Collieries 7 Plank Open Coal Wagon No.217 OR76MW7005
Oxford Diecast are pleased to announce the expansion of the Oxford Rail range with the development of a new 7 Plank wagon with six owners due for release during the latter half of 2015.

The standard 12 Ton Mineral wagon was the most numerous design of coal wagons built in the UK after 1923. Designed to RCH specifications (Railway Clearing House) this most ubiquitous of wagons had a universal length of 16'6" with a width of 8'0" and wheelbase of 9'0". These wagons were of a simple design and employed standard RCH fittings throughout and were originally built as the Oxford Rail model depicts with seven side planks, making an overall body height of 4' 4".
The new Oxford Rail Standard RCH 12 Ton Mineral wagon boasts finely engraved body and underframe detail plus NEM couplings.

Model finished in the plain black livery used by the Warwickshire Coal Company, operators of the Coventry Collieries located in and around the village of Keresley, near Bedworth, Warwickshire. The company had a very large number of wagons painted in this scheme ordered in batches of up to 100, this one carrying number 217. Expected quarter 3.