CIÉ 12T Corrugated Open Wagon - Roundel - Beet Traffic - Pack 1In 1950 the board of Cors Iompair ireann (CI) appointed Oliver Bulleid as its Chief Mechanical Engineer. Bulleid, renowned as designer of the distinctive Merchant Navy and Light Pacific locomotives during his tenure with the Southern Railway in England, did not have an opportunity to pursue his legendary innovativeness to the same extent in Ireland, but his arrival nonetheless heralded a period of modernisation and standardisation. Apart from

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It was initially outshopped from HNRC's workshops at Barrow Hill in BR blue

the 16 ton mineral wagon is an essential addition to the Accurascale range to tell the story of coal traffic on the railways throughout the 20th century

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ladders and walkways

Great Western livery:

Freight Brown / Bauxite

battery boxes

* Minimum Radius 438mm (2nd Radius Set-track)

in CIE Overall Black with Yellow Face Livery

along with 68649

Ex D1478 pattern