Dapol 4F-013-170W Rugby Cement No 13 Gunpowder Van (Weathered) 00 Gauge

Highly detailed and decorated 00 gauge gunpowder van with profiled wheels, NEM pockets and self centring couplings

Gunpowder vans were especially constructed vans designed for the safer transport of gunpowder and other potentially explosive substances. In the 1920’s the RCH laid down rules and standards governing the running and construction of these vans and these rules were enforced relatively unchanged until the early 1980’s when gunpowder vans were decommissioned. The vans were often painted in distinguishing colours or with crosses to identify the wagons and the potential dangers.