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British Railways Steel Carrying Wagon Kits:
Steam and Diesel Era:
Unfitted type, built between 1951 & 1959. The prototype of this wagon had a mixture of features inherited from the LMS & LNER: LMS "Simplex" brake levers & LNER style buffers. To this was added the BR version of the GWR plate bogie. Some of the wagon lost their floors and bodies to become container flats for the LMR "Condor" service. Modernised wagons became BPA — see below. The kit has one piece bogie side frames and stretchers, with separate axleboxes.
Unfitted Type, built between 1953 and 1957. LNER style buffers and brake levers. The kit features plate bogies with one piece side frames and stretchers, with separate axleboxes.
These wagons were based on the LNER Quint wagons (but with the steel body design of the LNER Sept), and a kit for the Quint will probably be available at a future date.
Our "one-piece" BR plate bogie.
Supplied with the above kits, it has a 3mm screw and nut to attach it to the bolster. Hornby or Bachmann couplings can be fitted. This is also fitted to our Walrus kit.
C85 Bolster D VB/BSW Timber Wagon
Bolster D wagon with Gloucester bogies and vacuum brake fittings. Includes stanchions for the BSW conversion used for carrying timber. Pre-production model shown.
Planned kits:
The BR Timber Wagon to D1/420 is being considered as a future kit.
Modern Image (airbraked)
C22 BAA 77.5tonne Bogie Steel Wagon
Built in the early '70s, this type has a modern corrugated 'deck' to aid cooling of hot steel bars. There were two common types of end framing, both of which are included in the kit. Many were later fitted with cradles or boxes for coils. (Boxes & cradles are not included)
Built from 1974, this is a longer version of the BAA. Usually found in block trains, they are used to carry steel coil or billets. Cradles have also been fitted to these wagons (not included).
The first 100 were rebuilds of PGA hopper wagons, with stepped solebars & disc brakes. The other 60 were all new with clasp brakes and straight solebars (The "new" type is illustrated). Parts for both types are included. Built from 1982-84 — the kit has square side ribs "as built". With 3 types of suspension & compensated W-irons. The sloping plates added to the horizontal ribs can be added with plasticard strips. When taken into BR ownership they were coded SSA.
These were rebuilt in 1978-9 from Bolster D's. About 1250 wagons were given Y25 bogies & new bolsters. These were of two types — the kit has those fitted to the later wagons, although the bolsters on the earlier 500 are fairly easy to make. Choice of lever or handwheel braking. Y25 bogies. These wagons were also used as Departmental vehicles, coded YAA "Brill".
Used for carrying flat steel plate. Built between 1951 and 1959. This is the air-braked version as rebuilt in 1980 with Y25 bogies. In 1984, 30 BPAs were transferred to Departmental use and recoded YNA
Cxx BNA Steel/Aluminium IngotWagon
Built in 1987/88, this was a conversion of BPA wagons involving removal of the body and replacement with high ends and bolsters. They were used to carry steel plate or billets from Scunthorpe, or aluminium ingots from Fort William. About 50 wagons were rebuilt - coded BMA-A, but changed later to BNA to distinguish them from the BMA wagons rebuilt in 1989 from BDAs. Lower picture shows an almost new BMA at Mossend in 1988.
See also: C19 BR SPA wagon