Marshall 5 Plank Wagon 9ft Wheelbase No.2 - Weathered GWR Mogul Darlington and Doncaster

Darlington and Doncaster

allowing it to be posed in the open or closed position

1x Wooden Load

They were of steel construction

it was believed that a train would be unstable at high speeds unless pulled from the front but extensive testing

Marshall 5 Plank Wagon 9ft Wheelbase No.2 - Weathered GWR Mogul Darlington and DoncasterThe first freight wagons for the railway were open wagons. Initially, as the tractive effort of the locomotives was relatively low, these wagons were generally low sided with only one or two planks acting as sides and carrying capacity of just a couple of tons. As the technology progressed, so did demand for rail freight and with the increased power of the steam engines came bigger wagons. The 5 plank wagon was perhaps the most common general goods