The Wessex Wagon enterprise is run by Bruce and Helen Harding. We are based in the West Somerset village of Stogumber close to the West Somerset Railway. Wessex Wagons has been trading since 2004.
Bruce has a Masters degree in Industrial History, and 15 years of heritage experience on the canals with British Waterways. He is now a cartographer in Taunton, and an active member of the Somerset Railway Modellers Club. Helen is a librarian, housewife, mother, administrator and gardener, and a member of the Guild of Waterway Artists.
We always endeavour to base our releases on original research. Most are completely authentic, subject only to the skills of the manufacturer’s art-work specialists. The remainder are bespoke, tailored to display a livery based on period designs for a genuine trader or organisation. All are Limited Editions, and come with certificates. All are available for only limited periods, whilst stocks remain, and are only available through us (although we occasionally supply our village shop and specific railway-based interests).
We commission our wagons from Dapol Ltd, a leading manufacturer of model railway rolling stock and line-side accessories. At present all the wagons we produce are 00 scale (1:76). Dapol wagons are made in England.