44-1017 Scenecraft OO Gauge Coal Barge - Red bear additional bufferbeam pipework

additional bufferbeam pipework

Separate metal bearings fitted to each driving axle

After three decades of service

being fitted with separate brake gear

44-1017 Scenecraft OO Gauge Coal Barge - Red bear additional bufferbeam pipeworkBefore the railways, Britains waterways were used to transport goods around the country and coal was carried from pits to factories, fuelling the industrial revolution. With their speed and capacity, the railways would ultimately make their water based equivalents redundant, but not before the two coexisted, making canals and rivers a popular addition to model railway layouts. The Coal Barge joins a growing range of waterway models from Scenecraft,