Just came across this discussion while trying to find out the 'font' used for the Dinorwic numbering... Having been lent some of the Bachmann wagons, I have now progressed my own 3D printed design that I started last year -
Regarding the numbering, 2 things have always puzzled me.
1) if the numbers are indeed hundredweight, then does 8-0-0 mean 8 hundredweight ? If so, that's 8/20 ton, i.e. about 1/2 ton. But the wagons are about the same size/capacity of the FR 2T wagons, rated at 2T, and seem to have been filled to the same amount. Or is my maths out ?
2) If those are the 'weight rating', then why such accuracy, some at 7-3-0 and 7-2-0, just seems very odd to me to have such a 'precise' weight rating ? !
Any knowledge or thoughs appreciated.
Cheers
Nigel
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