Railway Operating Division Rolling Stock

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Some while ago, there was a thread concerning wagons and vans used by the Railway Operating Division in France and Flanders, including British stock requisitioned by the government and used for the movement of men, animals and equipment at home and, via the Admiralty ferries between Richborough and the continent, in the back areas and behind the Front.

 

Some may  find the details below, taken from an article written by C. E. R. Sherrington in the March 1933 issue of the Railway Magazine, pp 189 - 194, of interest.

 

The following types were used, though overall numbers are not known 

 

LSWR refrigerator vans.

LSWR brake vans.

 

LSWR bolster wagons.        10 tons

GWR bogie Macaw wagons.

NER bolster wagons.           8 and 10 tons.

WD bogie bolster wagons. 45 tons.

WD well wagons (Parrots)

 

MR open                               8 and 10 tons.

LNWR open.                         10 tons.

L&YR open.

GWR open.                           10 tons.

SE&CR open.                        12 tons.

PO open.                               10 and 12 tons.

WD open.                              12 tons

 

GWR box vans

NER box vans.

WD box vans.                       20 tons.

 

LNWR flat.                             10 tons.

LNWR ballast.                       10 tons.

NER ballast.                           10 tons.

SE&CR ballast.                       10 tons.

 

WD tanker wagons.              10 tons.

WD ammunition wagons.

 

Many of these prototypes are available as 00 scale kits, although they may need tweaking in the underframe department.

 

The other articles in the Railway Magazine are:

 

September 1932: Locomotives of the R.O.D (LSWR)

October 1932: Locomotives of the R.O.D (LMS)

November 1932: Locomotives of the R.O.D (LNER)

December 1932: Locomotives of the Ministry of Munitions 

January 1933: Locomotives Overseas of the R.O.D.

February 1933: British coaches sent overseas.

March 1933: British wagon stock sent overseas.

Part Vlll (April 1933?) Rolling Stock (Supplementary Information)

 

The centenary celebrations of the Great War finished two years ago, but I believe that there is an abiding interest in the events, the men and the equipment of those four years.

 

I hope that the above notes may be of interest and use to those modelling this particular subject.

 

 

 

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A recurring idea of mine is to one day model the railways of the Western Front so thank you for this!