More Pre-Grouping Wagons in 4mm - the D299 appreciation thread.
Having some time on my hands, I have been working my way through my stash of 4mm scale wagon kits, starting with some pre-grouping examples. As may be evident, my enthusiasm is for the Midland Railway, so first up, a couple of Midland wagons: an 8 ton high-sided wagon to D299 (left) and an 8 ton low-sided goods wagon to D305 (right).
These are both built from Slater’s kits, nice and straightforward so long as one is aware of the major pitfall with the D299: if the sides a
Thanks for the input Richard, very helpful.
I have been doing a little digging around regarding deliveries in and traffic out from the wharf at Monsal Dale ... to some extent it calls into question Bill Hudson's figures. It would appear that there was a siding located at Hassop named Monsal Dale siding, and given the facilities at Monsal Dale and the increase in coal delivery from 1900 to 1922 in Bill's figures the consensus currently is that the figures most likely relate to the siding rath
