b*ggeredupclass03 Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 BR had some 16 ton Mineral wagons fitted with Westinghouse air brakes. But they lost them, and were converted to vacuum brake (or similar) When did they lose these? I know they were converted by '85, but this is out of my modelling era. So once again, I reiterate, did they lose these before 1983? Thanks, Josh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 I believe the wagons were used for trial purposes in the 1950s/60s; I'm virtually certain they'd been converted to vac-brakes long before the TOPS era, as I can't remember having seen them in any TOPS listing. I've just checked the Barrowmere Diagram Books- no sign of any air-braked 16t mineral wagons there, in a copy dated 1982; as some of the wagons shown (21t wooden loco coal wagons, for example) had already been scrapped by the end of the 1960s, I would suggest that the conversion to vacuum brakes had taken place many years previously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorpion Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 don't think tops code MCA ever existed, gone before the 70s i reckon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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