Evening all,
I am starting this topic with a question which I hope the knowledgeable people here can answer but I'd like, if possible, for the topic to expand into other wagon types and loads so feel free to add information and questions in a similar vein...
FISH TRAFFIC IN OPEN WAGONS
I have started a scratchbuild of a Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Dia, 16 2-plank 'Fruit' or half-box wagon, which is at a stage where I can finish it as such or change it t
The Derby Registers list some official photos taken at Burton in May 1919, illustrating the loading of eight butts of whisky in London & North Western wagon No. 44772 and casks of port wine in North British wagon No. 4477. Unfortunately these aren't available online, so we'll have to make do with this one illustrating the correct method of loading of casks (compare the BR instructions, section 7, noting that this applies to empty casks), in Hull & Barnsley wagon No. 2322, taken on 12 Nov