GR340A - PECO - OO-9 - Snailbeach Hopper Wagon, SDR Grey On30 Combining a mixture of materials

Combining a mixture of materials

Welcoming the release of our NEW 'Colonel Stephens' Ffestiniog Railway 4-wheel 'Bug Box' coaches

400 clam wagons carry mainly waste ballast

The LandBR had no regular freight workings

GR340A - PECO - OO-9 - Snailbeach Hopper Wagon, SDR Grey On30 Combining a mixture of materialsThe Snailbeach District Railways system was located in Shropshire and was built to carry lead ore over a narrow gauge route with a gauge of 2ft 4 inches. The mines were located at Stiperstones and they transferred their ore to a connection with the Great Western Railway at Pontesbury. A fleet of various hopper wagons was used to transport the ore and it is one of those wagons that is the subject of our new model. Opened in 1877 the railway was finally