972007 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon GCR No.32200 Product-Backorder PURPOSE Heavy mineral trains

PURPOSE Heavy mineral trains

it revolutionized travel options

Instruments

What is needed

different locations for the NRN pods and very soon after entry into service an additional yaw damper for greater stability at higher speed

972007 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon GCR No.32200 Product-Backorder PURPOSE Heavy mineral trainsDesigned 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