Guest Mikado Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Hi, I have come across a Hornby United Glass 5 plank wagon which I have placed on a more modern chassis, it looks quite good as for a 60s product the moulding is very good; I took to wondering what the load would have been, any ideas? Mikado Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Possibly sand, a raw material for glass making. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roythebus Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 sounds like a United Dairies milk tank..... No, the United Dairies wagon is a 6-wheel tanker, United Glass a 4 wheel open wagon, yellow coloured, with UNITED GLASS on the side! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 The toolmaking on the Dublo plastic wagons was of a very high standard - crisp and well detailed. Their 'standard' 4-wheel chassis was also the common 17' 6" O.H. which meant most of them were the correct length too. Some wagons, like the Presflo, even had their own custom chassis. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 I had one of these in my first Hornby-Dublo trainset, along with an R1 tank, a 12t van and a brake van. It was bright yellow (though mine was painted olive green when I modelled military things, and is now bauxite), and I believe the lettering was originally 'United Glass Bottle Manufacturers Ltd'. I suspect the prototype wagons were not fitted with side doors; certainly, the ones used for Pilkingtons, carrying glass-sand from Chelford to St Helens, weren't. I can't say I've seen the prototype, but then wagons were rarely photographed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 The 'United Glass' lettering (rather than the common 'United Glass Bottle Manufacturers Ltd' version) is quite rare and collectable, so if in good condition, I'd leave well alone. It's a variation on the Dublo (later Wrenn) BR open wagon, which, while well moulded, is dimensionally inaccurate (too high for a start). The prototype wagons were I believe, basically R.C.H. mineral wagons on 9' wheelbase underframes, so, in this case, it is also too long (though correct for the BR wagon). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.