972016 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon BR No.E630192 Brand_Kidicraft The Ffestiniog Railway Brake Third

The Ffestiniog Railway Brake Third van has been a mainstay of passenger train formations on the North Wales narrow gauge line since it first entered traffic in 1921 and now

snowmobiles

so it’s a real battle-hardened beast out on the track

They can be positioned either side by side or on top of each other depending on the modeller

Width 32mm

972016 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon BR No.E630192 Brand_Kidicraft The Ffestiniog Railway Brake ThirdDesigned 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