NR1100B BR Pig Iron Wagon Unfitted Grey Scale_Other-Scales Operator ACDC

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They returned to the UK later in the 1950s and remained in use into the 1960s

NR1100B BR Pig Iron Wagon Unfitted Grey Scale_Other-Scales Operator ACDCBritish Railways built 1000 4 wheeled pig iron wagons, used to transport heavy ingots of crude iron from the smelting furnaces to steelworks for further refining. These ingots were often referred to as pigs, hence the curious name given to the wagons. Some were later converted into Coil C wagons. These newly tooled models feature excellent moulding detail, fine printing, free running metal wheels and detachable couplers.