80's Spotting Days - Back to the Ashes lighting British Railways (BR) inherited a

British Railways (BR) inherited a wide range of rolling stock upon Nationalisation in 1948

safety valves

as used on the real wagons to protect the valuable china clay cargo from the elements

launched to mark the 200th anniversary of the rail revolution brought about when the Stockton & Darlington Railway opened in September 1825

The coaches built by Wolverton were used by both the LNWR and as West Coast Joint Stock (WCJS) – stock operated jointly by the LNWR and the Caledonian Railway between London and Edinburgh & Glasgow – and those built for the LNWR were generally 8ft wide

80's Spotting Days - Back to the Ashes lighting British Railways (BR) inherited a