7F-052-007 5 Plank 9 Ft Ernest Franklin 5 O Gauge Product-Unavailable RUNNING NUMBER W55008

RUNNING NUMBER W55008

was withdrawn in October 1960

Cover with No-News Paper™ and Plaster Cloth

as a collector's item or even for imaginative play scenarios

7F-052-007 5 Plank 9 Ft Ernest Franklin 5 O Gauge Product-Unavailable RUNNING NUMBER W55008The 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