Dapol 7F-037-011 Conflat and Container 39330 O Gauge

Beautiful, highly detailed conflat wagon, carrying an equally beautiful container.  This model boasts a diecast chassis, compensation beam for smooth running, injection moulded body, sprung metal buffers, sprung couplings, diecast 3 hole wheels with blackened steel tyres, wheels suitable for standard fine track and vacuum fitted Morton brake gear (Both vacuum and non-fitted). The carefully applied livery advertises LNER Removals.

Length: 137mm

Containers and the special wooden decked conflat wagons used to convey them were produced in great numbers by all four of the railway companies. They allowed door to door deliveries via road, rail and road again without the requirement for the good to be handled at each leg. In the main they were used for furniture removal, although some were built with insulation for refrigerated use. Post nationalisation BR built over 10,000 containers which continued into service until the arrival of the modern standard ISO containers in the 1960s.