OR76J26003 Bundle with 3 x Banana Vans, 1 x 7 Plank Wagon and 2 x Pilchards

OR76J26003 Bundle with 3 x Banana Vans, 1 x 7 Plank Wagon and 2 x PilchardsOur Bundle Include: Or76J26003 BR Late (plain black) 65736 0 6 0 Class J26 OR76BAN002 Great Eastern Banana Van BR E632899 OR76BAN002B GE Banana Van BR E632896 OR76BAN002C GE Banana Van BR E632916 OR76MW7037 7 Plank Wagon NE158646 OR76PIL004A Pilchard Wagon BR Unpainted Wood DB990090 OR76PIL004B Pilchard Wagon BR Unpainted Wood DB990073 SAVE Over 50 by purchasing as a Bundle. FREE UK SHIPPING J26 The North Eastern Railway (NER) required a powerful

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OR76BAN002- Great Eastern Banana Van BR E632899

OR76BAN002B - GE Banana Van  BR E632896

OR76BAN002C - GE Banana Van BR E632916

OR76MW7037 - 7 Plank Wagon NE158646

OR76PIL004A - Pilchard Wagon BR Unpainted Wood DB990090

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J26

The North Eastern Railway (NER) required a powerful engine to handle the increasing size of freight trains on their network. The NER P2 design came into existence and stood out from anything which had previous been built by the NER with a massive 5ft 6in diameter boiler. 30 were built in 1904/05 at Darlington and a further 20 built in 1905 in Gateshead. The design was modified in 1906 to produce the NER P3 later J27 design. The J26 was mainly used on goods traffic. None of the 50 J26 survived into preservation with the final J26 locomotives being withdrawn in 1962.

Banana Vans

Built in 1923 by the newly formed LNER, the GER Diagram 85 banana vans were built to transport imported bananas under carefully controlled conditions. Based on a Great Eastern Railway goods van, these vans featured vacuum brakes, steam heating, and thick insulation to keep the fruit at a stable 57°F from dockside to distribution centres like Stratford Market in East London.

Only 100 were constructed, numbered 632822–632921. Some were later loaned to the Southern Railway in the 1930s, even receiving SR branding. Despite their specialist role, they remained in traffic into the late 1950s.

7 Plank Wagon

Oxford Diecast RAIL OR76MW7037 7 Plank Wagon NE158646 Oxford Rail Wagons 1:76 Scale Model

Pilchards

The smallest of the three LNER bogie drop-side ballast wagon designs but the only one not built before nationalisation. BR diagram 1/571 was built from May 1950 to May 1951 by Butterly Engineering under lot 2121. Only 50 were ever built with numbers ranging from DB990050 to DB990099.

Allocated to the Eastern region these wagons remained in the region and rarely strayed far, serving in permanent way trains and stone workings. They were later given the TOPS code YCO and continued to be used up until the 1980s as unfitted stock fell out of use.

Technical Specification 

Scale: 1:76 (OO)

DCC: 21pin DCC Ready

Motor: 5-Pole Coreless

Length: 230mm

Width: 32mm

Weight: 235g

ERA: BR Late Crest 1958-1966

Minimum Curve Radius: Radius 2 (438mm)

Manuals 

Oxford Rail J26 Maintenance Sheet

Oxford Rail J26 Sound Manual

Scale

1:76 scale means that this is 76 times smaller than the full sized vehicle(s)

For a much more detailed explanation of scale and the history please follow this link.