Accurascale is revealing a brand-new 'OO' gauge model today. Join us today at 12pm for the premiere of the video launch here on KeyModelWorld to find out the full story.
ACCURASCALE HAS revealed that it is producing a collection of newly-tooled ‘OO’ gauge North Eastern Railway (NER) 20ton eight-plank hopper wagons, as part of its Powering Britain range.
Above: A NER 'P7' 20t hopper at Beamish living museum was the subject wagon for the new Accurascale project.
Developed by the NER around the turn of the 20th century, these distinctive wagons were developed in quick succession for transporting coal in the North East. They were a compromise by the railway’s board, conscious that colliery owners would be resistant to investing in new facilities at the time, so the new wagons were intended to make use of existing arrangements.
Above: Accurascales project manager Paul Isles has visited Beamish living museum several times to research the new project.
Accurascale is producing the 15ton Diagram P6, 20ton Diagram P7, 23ton Diagram P8 and 23ton Diagram Q3 variants of these characteristic wagons, which bridge the ga…
