Marshall 5 Plank Wagon 9ft Wheelbase No.2 - Weathered Brand_Dapol 2 Aspect (R/G) Standard Left

2 Aspect (R/G) Standard Left Offset Square Head

BR Mark 1 coaching stock was the first standardised design of railway carriages built by British Railways (BR) post-nationalisation in 1948

vacuum pipes

and construction was shared between the LMS’s Crewe Works who made the majority

Superb dicast wheels

Marshall 5 Plank Wagon 9ft Wheelbase No.2 - Weathered Brand_Dapol 2 Aspect (R/G) Standard LeftThe first freight wagons for the railway were open wagons. Initially, as the tractive effort of the locomotives was relatively low, these wagons were generally low sided with only one or two planks acting as sides and carrying capacity of just a couple of tons. As the technology progressed, so did demand for rail freight and with the increased power of the steam engines came bigger wagons. The 5 plank wagon was perhaps the most common general goods