{"product_id":"rapido-trains-uk-937008-po-pre-owned-937008-lms-dia-1666-open-5-plank-no-139905-lms-bauxite","title":"Pre-Owned 937008 LMS Dia.1666 Open 5 Plank - No.139905 - LMS Bauxite","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0225\/2858\/9896\/files\/PRE_OWNED_deb9c3e3-4eba-441b-9472-3819dde489cb.jpg?v=1744705987\" width=\"201\" height=\"63\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-Owned Item, in as new condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe LMS inherited some 305,000 good vehicles from its constituent companies. However, many of these needed replacing and the LMS embarked on a huge wagon building program. It looked to a Midland Railway design as its standard open wagon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first batch of 1,000 wagons was built by the LMS in 1923.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA staggering total of 54,450 wagons were built to this design -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edesignated Diagram 1666 by the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLMS – up to 1930. There were\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emore Dia. 1666s built than the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etotal number of goods wagons on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe Southern Railway!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese wagons survived in large\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enumbers well into the BR era with a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enumber finding their way into private\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eworks and industrial use. But for a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewagon that was built in such large\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003enumbers only a handful have survived\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einto preservation including at the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eChasewater Railway and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBuckinghamshire Railway Centre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHere’s the specification of our ‘OO’ gauge model:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree different types of wheel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUK designed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNEM coupling pockets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFine detailed plastic bodies\/chassis with metal parts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLots of fine, separately fitted details\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Rapido Trains UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58328375394688,"sku":"RAP-937008-PO","price":27.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0225\/2858\/9896\/files\/IMG_1108_9bfab97b-bb7d-43a7-a3dc-2d65b0f21adc.jpg?v=1782375413","url":"https:\/\/railsofsheffield.com\/products\/rapido-trains-uk-937008-po-pre-owned-937008-lms-dia-1666-open-5-plank-no-139905-lms-bauxite","provider":"Rails of Sheffield","version":"1.0","type":"link"}