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Chaldron Wagon Throckley Colliery - Pack N

SKU ACC2813
Original price $69.00 - Original price $69.00
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Three wagon multi-pack, NER 4T Chaldron

Pack N: The Throckley Coal Company - Formed in 1867, the Throckley Coal Company owned a number of pits to the west of Newcastle, on the north bank of the River Tyne, and were linked to Staiths situated at Leamington by two separate railway branches. Throckley’s fleet of Chaldrons were in use right up to 1947, when they were scrapped by burning, and the company was one of the few that fitted their ex-NER P1 Chaldrons with additional ‘greedy boards’.

Three P1 style Chaldrons, two fitted with additional ‘Greedy Boards’, circa 1946, numbered:

  • 133
  • 104
  • 108

Each pack produced has been themed by colliery, and each waggon depicted is based on photographic evidence and reference to colliery records to confirm lettering styles. Some packs contain just one style of waggon, while others contain mixed styles where research has shown that they operated in conjunction with each other. 

Specification List:

  • Die-cast metal chassis with plastic body. Weight of 9g unloaded.
  • Operates over minimum radius curves (371mm, 1st radius set-track)
  • Five different body designs, covering a time period from 1840 to 1978.
  • Three styles of wheel design; split spoke, star spoke and wave spoke, to a blackened 00 gauge RP25-88 profile.
  • Three styles of braking arrangement and brake handles, with different block types and the more complicated Londonderry clasp type brake.
  • Three arrangements of ‘bang-boards’.
  • Additional, removable ‘greedy boards’ (horizontal board extensions to the body) to the Shildon Works built Chaldron, giving an increased coal loading.
  • Scale width wire handrails, metal pin jaw coupling and wire/etch handbrake levers.
  • Eroded metal/plastic detail parts, including grab handles, door securing pins, chassis chain points and safety chains in metal.
  • Wagons connected via an all new link fine chain with Neodymium magnetic heads, connected at the wagon via prototypical cotter pin coupling.
  • Two extra NEM fitted magnetic couplings supplied with wagon packs to allow for fitting to locomotives and/or additional rolling stock.
  • Artwork features authentic colliery markings and numbers, accurate to time period modelled and based on actual photographic evidence where possible.
  • Additional research assistance provided by Beamish Living Museum, Bowes Railway and the North Eastern Railway Association.

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Lovely little wagons

These are great little wagons, my set has 2 with greedy boards and one without, giving a nice bit of variety. The chain couplings with magnetic ends work really well.

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John C.
First class

These are beautiful models, and it's great to see models being produced from earlier eras.

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Darren M.
Chaldron wagons

These are lovely little wagons and full of lots of details and look great behind a small loco. Another great "little" model.

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Ron W.

First class detail

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Michael N.

Great looking wagons, runs well and looks the part.

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Iain M.
Chaldron wagons

Very good models and service.

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Michael H.
Throckley Colliery Chaldrons

As a sixth-former I went through Throckley on my way to school and whilst the pit there had already gon, these chaldron wagons certainly capture the character of the older wagons I saw at various other pits in the area.