972005 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon LDEC No.682 option-set-084 Under British Railways ownership

Under British Railways ownership

and is complete with a customer entrance that can be built with stairs and a ramp

For O Scale 32 mm / 1 1/4" Track Gauges and 2 Rail Tracks

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this scale is also known as On30 in the USA because this results in a prototype gauge close to 30ins

972005 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon LDEC No.682 option-set-084 Under British Railways ownershipDesigned to replace the ageing 8 ton and 9 ton timber framed wagons of the 1870s and 1880s, the Diagram 17s were a robust steel framed 5 plank wagon with a 9ft wheelbase, a set of doors on either side and an improved 10 ton load capacity. 12,050 examples were constructed between 1893 and 1903, accounting for 65% of the companys wagons built during this period, and by the time the last one rolled off the production line they constituted 45% of the