972017 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon GER (As Preserved) No.28601 Brand_Xuron CURVE RADIUS 282mm

CURVE RADIUS 282mm

Another feature is anti-bandit glass to the windows to protect the crew from violent attacks

especially in Southern England

this cull ceased when the war broke out in 1939

972017 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon GER (As Preserved) No.28601 Brand_Xuron CURVE RADIUS 282mmDesigned to replace the ageing 8 ton and 9 ton timber framed wagons of the 1870s and 1880s, the Diagram 17s were a robust steel framed 5 plank wagon with a 9ft wheelbase, a set of doors on either side and an improved 10 ton load capacity. 12,050 examples were constructed between 1893 and 1903, accounting for 65% of the companys wagons built during this period, and by the time the last one rolled off the production line they constituted 45% of the