Ace Trains G/7-HW1 Bogie Hopper Wagon "I.C.I" Grey No.3203

G/7-HW1 Ace Trains O Gauge
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Product Description

Box Specification:

  • All metal construction
  • Tin printed bodies & chassis. Litho embossed tinplate construction.
  • Robust quality heavy weight very detailed edition
  • For usage indoor and outdoor (garden railway) usage
  • Superb life like detailing
  • Precise Precision engineered
  • Suitable for running on 2 Rail or 3 Rail Track (Insulated Wheels).
  • Will run on most track. (Not Fine Scale)
  • Supplied in a single wagon storage box.

About ACE Trains

ACE Trains have established their products as the most desirable and collectable O gauge model trains available today – faithful to time honoured traditions of craftsmanship and attention to detail, which were established in the Victorian and Edwardian eras.

History

I.C.I Bogie Hopper Wagon. Introduced in 1936 to transport limestone from the quarries in the Peak District of Derbyshire to Northwich, Cheshire for the production of chemicals for I.C.I. The wagons were manufactured by Charles Roberts & Co. Ltd of Wakefield & where used with many of the Steam locomotives and also through the years used also with many diesel/electric locomotives also. Scrapped in 2001.