Rapido 917003 OO Gauge GW Loriot Y Well Wagon BR Departmental Black DW41990

Rapido 917003 OO Gauge GW Loriot Y Well Wagon BR Departmental Black DW41990

Name: Cheltenham Model Centre
Telephone: +44 (0)1242 523 117 or 234 644

Product Code: 917003

Manufacturer Number: 917003
Condition: New
Category: Model Railways, Wagons
Range: Rapido 2021
Era: Era 4: BR Early Crest 1948 - 1957
Livery: BR Departmental Black
Scale: 1:76
Gauge: OO

£33.95

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The GWR allocated the code #Loriot# to flat wagons designed to move earth moving and plant machinery. The first appeared in 1892 and a family look soon evolved, with the wagon#s deck angled upwards at each end to clear the axles.

One new 'Loriot' was built in 1937. It was built to Diagram G39 and coded 'Loriot Y'. But it didn#t look like the rest of the 'Loriot' family.
Originally, the GWR considered it to be an addition to its 'Loriot W' fleet. However, it was built from assembled I beam girders rather than rolled beams, a feature first used on the 'Crocodile' bogie well wagons of 1908. Consequently, it was re-classified 'Loriot Y'. A second 'Loriot Y' was built in 1939.

Both were painted with instructions that, when empty, they must be returned to Swindon. They would have run over large areas of the GWR#s network, moving excavators and other plant, particularly during the Second World War.
However, records for these two vehicles are few and far between. No. 41989 found fame when it starred in The Titfield Thunderbolt, where it was pressed into service to carry Dan#s house. It is believed to have been scrapped not long after the filming in 1953.

Sister 'Loriot Y' No. 41990 fared better. It remained in revenue-earning service until at least 1990 at Radyr Engineers Yard. Eventually, as DW41990 (coded #ZXP# on TOPS), it moved to Bescot from where it was condemned in 1994. Saved at the 11th hour, it moved to the Severn Valley Railway where it remains to this day.

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We have been in business for over 40 with the shop located in a few different places around the town in that time. We are now located at the Eastern end of Cheltenham High Street.

As well as stocking the latest plastic kit, diecast and model railway releases we have a big selection of slot cars and modelling tools.

We are able to carry out repairs on radio control cars & model railway locos, including DCC & DCC Sound fitting.

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Cheltenham Model Centre

39 High Street
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL50 1DX
England

+44 (0)1242 523 117 or 234 644
sales@cheltenhammodelcentre.com

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