sub39h Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Hi guys, Slightly trivial question this but I bought one of the above to break up a short rake of coal sector MEAs. What I don't understand is why this is EWS ex RfD? It has no EWS markings on it and looks like and coal sector unless there is something I'm missing? eHattons listing linked below: http://www.ehattons.com/10279/Bachmann_Branchline_38_012_MFA_open_box_mineral_wagon_EWS_Ex_RFD/StockDetail.aspx Thanks in advance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 Probably a mis-description; it seems to have the Coal Sector logo towards the right-hand end. Such misdescriptions are not uncommon; the same site talks of some black-liveried bogie tanks as being 'Crude Oil Tanks', whilst they are in fact lagged Class B ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sub39h Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share Posted March 8, 2014 Yeah I thought it might have been an error but it says on the box as well. I read somewhere that maybe they were only converted to MFAs after BR was broken up? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I suspect the description really means one of the first two batches of MEA's in Grey with Yellow ends but in their later guise as MFA's! Mark Saunders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sub39h Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 I'm sorry I don't follow? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dungrange Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Hi, The first batch of MEA wagons were built in BR days (around 1990) for Coal traffic, hence the Coal sector livery. When the wagons passed into EWS ownership, a number of these MEA wagons were reduced in height for the conveyance of ballast and spoil to and from possession sites. At that point they were recoded MFA (I think that this was around 1998). Therefore, by definition, all MFA wagons are and always were EWS (now DBS) owned irrespective of the livery and markings. However, when converted, many were not repainted and the original livery (Trainload coal, Loadhaul or Mainline Freight) was retained. This wagon is therefore intended to represent one of the wagons converted for engineering use under EWS ownership that were not repainted. Technicaly, it is unlikely to be appropriate as part of a rake of MEA wagons, but would be more appropriate breaking up a rake of EWS maroon MFAs (Bachmann), EWS maroon MTAs (Bachmann) and EWS maroon MHA coalfish (Hornby). The MFA, MTA and MHA wagons operate in an interchangeable pool on infrastructure renewal projects. Regards David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sub39h Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 Thanks for that, that is exactly as I suspected. Ok so the wagon isn't appropriate for my era, or indeed my intended usage! But I like it and I might keep it in there anyway. My railway and all that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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