CIE Bulleid Pallet Van - Grey (CIE roundel era) - Pack 2 Brand_Irish Railway Models

CIE Bulleid Pallet Van - Grey (CIE roundel era) - Pack 2 Brand_Irish Railway ModelsAs palletised shipments became increasingly common, CI required wagons capable of handling this new type of freight. While bogie wagons suitable for sundries, bagged cement, and other traffic were already on the drawing board, an interim solution was needed. The result was the 12 ton Pallet Van, based on the standard triangulated wagon chassis. This development of the traditional van wagon featured offset sliding doors wide enough for pallet loading

handbrake wheels and brake gear

Designed as a heavy freight locomotive rather than a mixed traffic type

Directional lighting

present in long rakes or mixed trains in larger yards and in smaller groups or singly in sidings and goods sheds right across the island

Ex D1479 patterns

First numbered as 50 under the GER

2 mm Gauge Drop-In Wheel Sets suitable for the Accurascale Class 50 locomotive

'Plate' bogies with roller bearings

along with the ‘E’ area number suffix and either L&NER or LNER

Wylam Dilly is the second oldest surviving steam locomotive in the world and was built for hauling coal at Wylam Colliery near Newcastle in 1815

with different block types and the more complicated Londonderry clasp type brake

The result was the 12-ton Pallet Van