Hornby TT6065 YGH 'Sealion' Ballast Hopper Departmental Olive Green 982792

Expected Delivery December 2026 (Subject to Change at Manufacturer's Discretion).

In the elegant Departmental Olive Green livery, this Civil Engineers YGH Sealion Wagon is a newly tooled delight. It features intricate detailing such as guard rails, handwheels, catwalks, brake equipment and buffers, as well as a precision moulded bodyshell. 

A mainstay of engineering trains for many years, these ballast wagons would transport and deposit fresh ballast on top of newly laid track via the chute located between the bogies, and could be seen operating with a huge variety of locomotive traction over their lifetime – from BR Blue diesels in the 70’s, to Civil Engineers ‘Dutch’ 31, 37 & 47s in the 90’s, and finally Class 66s in the privatised era. 

These ‘fishy’ wagons are sure to be a staple of your TT:120 wagon pool for many years to come!

Model Specification:

• Brand new tooling depicting Seacow and Sealion family of bogie hopper wagons
• Accurate body panel detailing
• Vast number of separate parts
• Die-cast chute detail for improved running capabilities
• Differences in body types and bogies between Seacow/Sealion catered for
• Kinematic NEM coupling system
• Minimum second radius.

Livery:

• Departmental Olive Green
• Various printed warning labels and information panels
• Accurate paint colours and typefaces
• Semi-gloss finish
• Era 7.

History:

The ‘Sealion’ and ‘Seacow’ wagons have three discharge chutes, one to the outside of each rail and one in the centre to fill between the sleepers. At each end of the wagon is a platform with three large handwheels to control each of the chute doors. Hundreds of these 40-ton capacity wagons were built at both Shildon and Ashford Works.