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176. Henty & Constable's Brewery Ltd, Chichester, MR-style vent van, No.17 - 160 produced Turquiose body, White letters edged in black, with green and white shield device. Suitable: LB&SCR/SR, L&SWR/SR, also S&DJR, GWR. Tailored, based on historic documents The Westgate Brewery was established sometime in the late 18th Century to the rear of Westgate House in Chichester. In 1827 the estate and 50 tied inns and alehouses were sold to George Henty for £82,500. In 1921 the business was amalgamated with the Arundel brewery of George Constable to become Henty and Constable. They were described as 'Ale & Porter Brewers, Maltsters, and Importers of Foreign Spirituous Liquors' ’. Brewing ceased in 1955, and the main buildings were destroyed by fire in December 1979. Westgate House survived, initially as a Theological College, and today as offices.£11.80 each
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177. H.P.Byrne of Totton, Southampton, 7-plank wagon with coal load, No.5 - 120 produced Deep Red body, White letters, black shading. Suitable: L&SWR/SR, S&DJR, also GWR. Authentic Located west of Southampton, Totton Station, later Totton & Eling Station, had four sidings for coal and goods, and another direct to the adjacent Mumford’s Flour Mill. Soon after the Southampton & Dorset Railway opened in July 1847, a tramway connection was established from the goods yard to Eling Wharf, which served an important wharf at the head of navigation of the River Test. Later still, in 1925, the Fawley Branch was built and the sidings were considerably lengthened to accommodate trains of oil tankers. H.P.Byrne are believed to have been the resident coal merchants at Totton during much of the 20th Century.£11.80 each
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178. H.M.S. Excellent, Whale Island, Portsmouth, 5-plank wagon with coal load, No.6 - 120 produced Black body, White letters. Suitable: Possibly L&SWR/SR, LB&SCR/SR, maybe GWR. Authentic In 1830, Whale Island was a marshy mud-bank, and HMS Excellent was an aging naval vessel moored near Fareham Creek. The massive expansion of the Portsmouth Dockyards between 1864 and 1878 resulted in the excavated spoil being used to create a new artificial island. There was a swing-bridge and viaduct connection between the Fountain Lake Jetty and the new island, to the seaward side of the current Cross-channel ferry terminal!! HMS Excellent moved onto the new Whale Island in 1886 and became the Royal Navy’s leading school of gunnery. The extensive railways on the island were used for moving stores and also became an integral feature of the training regime and the many mock battles.Low Stocks £9.80 each
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175. Old Delabole Slate Co.Ltd. Delabole, North Cornwall. Presflo enclosed hopper wagon No.71 Medium Grey body, Light blue panel with black letters, shaded cream. Suitable: BR. Authentic wagon, but livery based on historic documents. Delabole is between Camelford and Padstow on the former North Cornwall Railwayl, later L&SWR. During the reign of Elizabeth I, five slate quarries existed in the area. In 1841, they formed themselves into a single unit, both physically and administratively, as the Old Delabole Slate Co.Ltd. Before the coming of the railway, the slate was cut and hauled six miles to Port Gaverne. It would take thirty wagons, pulled by over a hundred horses to load a sixty ton ship. Slate dust was originally a waste product, but in the 1930’s it was ground to powder in a large mill, and was particularly used in rubber tyres and gramophone records. Initially shipped in bags, five dedicated Presflo wagons were used after WW2. £11.80 each
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141. Taylor & Anderson Ltd, Farnham. 5 – plank wagon with stone load on 9’ wheelbase chassis, No.900 Olive green body, white lettering with black shadows. Suitable: L&SWR/SR, GWR, also MR/LMS, LB&SCR/SR, others. Authentic. Farnham station was opened in 1849 on an original L&SWR branch line from Guildford. The L&SWR opened a direct line from Waterloo to Alton via Aldershot and Farnham in 1870. The direct line was electrified in 1937, with the Guildford-Farnham line closing to passenger services at the same time. This wagon was photographed in the late 1920’s.Each £9.80
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159. Wm Cordon Jamesons of Bournemouth West. 7-plank wagon on 9’ wheelbase chassis, No.47 Cream body, black lettering. Suitable: L&SWR/SR, S&DJR, GWR, also MR/LMS, others. Authentic except running number Based on details in the S&DJR Stock Book and a fairly crude example produced over 50 years ago by TRIX. The history of Wm Jamesons as Coal Merchants in Bournemouth is presently unknown. Each £9.80
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151. W.A.Vallis of Hackbridge (near Croydon), 7-plank wagon with load on 9' wheelbase chassis. No.31. Charcoal black body, White lettering. Suitable: LB&SCR/SR, also L&SWR/SR, SE&CR/SR, and MR/LMS (the coal most probably came from the East Midlands). Authentic. Hackbridge lies on the former LB&SCR line between Mitcham Junction and Carshalton. The following notes are courtesy of Ian Pope, Lightmoor Press:. Listed in Kelly’s Surrey directories 1895 and 1899 as George Vallis, Colliery Agent of Carshalton. Listed in Kelly’s of 1933 as Vallis, W.A. of 5a Nightingale Road, Carshalton, Surrey. Not listed among Coal Merchants in the 1938 Colliery Year Book. Most coal probably came from the East Midlands. Each £9.80
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118. Charles Hill of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, 5-plank wagon No.2 Chocolate body, white lettering, black shadows. Suitable: GWR, also S&DJR, M&SWJR. Authentic. The GWR's Kemble - Tetbury Branch was always a quiet rural backwater. Charles Hill was the largest of the local coal merchants, and had at least two wagons. This one was purchased new in 1898. Last Few - less than 5 remaining Each £9.80
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166. Marlborough College, Marlborough, 7-plank wagon with coal load. No.65. Purple/brown body, white lettering, shaded black. Suitable: M&SWJR/LMS/SR, GWR, also others. Authentic We’d already booked this with Dapol before a certain former Marlborough College student decided to get married at the same time! Marlborough College seems to have owned just three wagons, numbered 63, 64 and 65. They were used to carry coal supplies to the Midland & South West Junction Railway station at Marlborough (Low Level). Much of the coal was supplied by the Walsall Wood Colliery, near Walsall [opened 1871, closed 1964], exploiting the connection between the Midland Railway and the M&SWJR at Cheltenham. Each £9.80 |
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116. Minehead Gas Light & Coke Co. Ltd. 8-plank wagon. No.73. Grey body, white lettering with black shadows. Suitable: GWR, S&DJR, others . Tailored, based on advertisements and historical documents. The Minehead Gas, Light and Coke Co. established a gas works close to The Quay in Minehead before 1883. Most of their coals would have come by small sailing coaster into the nearby harbour, as they were half mile from the terminus of the GWR Minehead Branch. Each £9.80
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174. Blue Circle Cement, 4-plank wagon with load No.13 - 145 producedYellow body with blue and white lettering, shaded black, Suitable: IWCR/SR, Authentic Used almost exclusively between the chalk pits at Shide and the cement works on the River Medina near Newport, Blue Circle had a fleet of 30 4-plank and 5 5-plank wagons on the Isle of Wight. They were worked hard, usually by 0-6-0T Terriers, hauling around 50,000 tons of chalk each month, from around 1920 until 1944. It is believed this was the only location where Blue Circle had open wagons outside their quarries and works. We have previously produced two different designs on 4-plank wagons. These new releases represent an alternative 4-plank wagon and also one of the 5-plank wagons. Low Stocks Each £9.80
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129. K.G & N.A. Gay of Holcombe, nr. Radstock , 7-plank wagon with coal load. No.73226. Black body, white lettering. Suitable: East Somerset Railway, BR-era, GWR, S&DJR. Authentic. The original was painted up in the early 1970's and was based on the East Somerset Railway. K.G. (George) and N.A (Nora) were the husband-and-wife local coal merchants who were supplying artist David Shepherd at the time. The business continues today as coal wholesalers, managed by George and Nora's daughter, Trudi. Sadly the wagon deteriorated and was scrapped c.2003 - today only the wheels survive! Each £9.80
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163. United Dairies Ltd – 6-wheel milk tanker, un-numbered (see below) Chocolate brown tank body, yellow lettering. Suitable: GWR, SR, LMS, also others. Authentic Of course, United Dairies 6-wheel milk tankers have been modelled before and in various liveries! However we’re not aware that these particular colours have been seen before. The brown livery with yellow lettering was apparently applied in 1932, and such wagons would mainly have run between dairies at Totnes, Hemyock, and Wootton Bassett, and their depot at Kensington, although UD did interchange their wagons across the different rail regions. Originally these 25xx series vehicles had a full length vertical facia board mounted on the chassis, behind the tank strapping, upon which the running number and the GW lettering were shown. This option is not available from Dapol. As the tanks were owned by the dairy and the chassis' were owned by the railway company, the running number usually referred to the chassis. In order to maintain the authenticity of the tanker body we have deliberately omitted a running number; putting one in a non-original location would have compromised the livery. Low Stocks Each £13.80, or 3 wagons for £40.00
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160. C.Gething Turner of Bournemouth Central. 7-plank wagon on 9’ wheelbase chassis, No.100 Grey body, white lettering, shaded black. Suitable: L&SWR/SR, GWR, S&DJR, MR/LMS, also others. Authentic C.G.Turner originally traded from 169 Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth, one of two different coal merchants named C.Turner based in Holdenhurst Rd. He later moved to Wellington Road, adjacent to the L&SWR Bournemouth Central station, and died in 1910, aged just 46yrs. Coal supplies were obtained from many Midlands collieries, arriving via a variety of routes, including Bristol and the S&DJR, and also by LMS and L&SWR via the marshalling yard at Feltham. Credit: Keith Turton / Lightmoor Press Each £9.80
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131. Lamdin & Sons of Haslemere, 7-plank wagon with coal load. No.11. Red Oxide body, white lettering. Suitable SR. Authentic. Lamdin & Sons coal merchants started about 1925 and closed in 1956. This wagon represents one of seven wagons owned by Messrs. Lamdin. The HMRS records this wagon as built by Thomas Hunter of Rugby c.1936, with SR register plate 714. Shottermill was a modest village southwest of Haslemere on the former L&SWR London-Portsmouth line. It had no station, only modest goods sidings. Each £9.80
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142. Toyne Carter & Co., Fowey. 4–plank wagon with load, No.71 Medium Grey body, white lettering with blue shadows. Suitable: GWR, also others. Authentic Charles Toyne and his sometime partner John Carter were shipping agents and ship brokers, operating from a number of south Cornish ports from the early 1800’s. They owned several coastal vessels and tugs, many based at Fowey, together with a modest fleet of railway wagons, all servicing the china clay industries. This example was photographed on an end-tippler at Fowey Docks in 1910. Last Few - less than 5 remaining Each £9.80
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162. British Quarrying Co.Ltd. (B.Q.C.Ltd) of Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, 20t Mineral Wagon with stone load, No.99. Carmine red body with white and black lettering, Suitable: GWR, S&DJR, LMS, also others. Authentic Each £11.80
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161. Crow, Catchpole & Co.Ltd. of Cheddar and London, 7-plank wagon with stone load, No.208 Black body with white lettering. Suitable:GWR, S&DJR, LMS, SR, others. Authentic Crow Catchpole & Co. Ltd. was formed in 1920, an amalgamation of Thomas Crow & Sons Ltd of West Ham and E.Catchpole & Sons (London) Ltd of Rotherhithe, each of whom were in the tar distillery business. Together they expanded acquiring several more works across the South East of England, and also took an interest in quarries in Northumberland, and at Shipham Hill, Cheddar. The need for stone probably indicates their diversification into Tarmacadam production instead of pure tar distillation. Cheddar is located on the GWR Branch between Yatton and Wells. Each £9.80 |
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104. A.Hinxman of Devizes, 7-plank wagon with coal load. No.75 Suitable: GWR, also S&DJR. Authentic. Andrew Hinxman established his coal and builders’ merchants business in the 1880’s. He had an office by the up goods yard gates, and telephone number DEVIZES 34. In 1934 he bought the coal business of J.Phipp & Sons, and in the war years took over the Devizes coal depot and deliveries of H.Sainsbury. This wagon was photographed in 1939. Last Few - less than 5 remaining Each £9.80
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Dark blue body, cream lettering, light blue shading. Suitable: SR, also GWR. Authentic Authentic Less well-known than the Westmoreland Farms version (Airfix c.1970.), the Express Dairy Co. leased four vans from the Southern Railway between 1936 and 1940. Wessex Wagons has previously produced two, back in 2006 and 2008 respectively, and by popular demand we can now offer a third genuine running number in revised colours and with other subtle, but genuine, differences. Low Stocks Each £11.80
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122. Ewens Brothers of Emsworth, near Havant, Hants. 7-plank wagon with coal load. No.2 Red body, white letters, black shadows. Suitable: LB&SCR/SR, L&SWR/SR also others. Authentic The South Coast Rly. extended westwards from Chichester to Portsmouth in 1847, and built the station and goods yard at Emsworth. Ewens Brothers established their coal business in the 1880’s and bought this wagon in 1906. Last Few - less than 5 remaining Each £9.80
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179. Budden & Biggs Brewery Ltd, of Rochester and Strood, Kent, GW-style Vent Van. No.1 Grey body, white letters, black shadows. Suitable: SE&CR/SR, LB&SCR/SR, also others. Authentic In May 1897 the Biggs Brothers, operating the Steam Brewery, Strood and with 34 licensed inns, merged with James Budden, a wine merchant of Chatham and Rochester and with 32 licensed pubs, to form Budden & Biggs Ltd. This Authentic wagon was subsequently delivered in 1901, a rare example of a brewery company having a genuine railway wagon. The business was acquired by Ind Coope & Co.Ltd, of Romford, in 1931. Each £11.80
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180. William Lee, Son & Co., of Halling, near Snodland, Kent, GW-style Vent Van. No.78 Charcoal Black body, white letters. Suitable: SE&CR, LB&SCR, also others. Authentic William Lee, born in 1801, was the youngest son of a Lewisham builder, and worked as manager of Burham Lime Works from 1826. He took over the Portland Cement Works at nearby Halling in 1852. Subsequently the business expanded rapidly, with his son-in-law and a grandson each become partners. The operation was sold to B.P.C.M (British Portland Cement Manufactures Ltd) in 1912. Each £11.80
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181. Alfred Horsman of Compton Station, Berks, 5-plank wagon with coal load, No.1 Deep Red body, White letters. Suitable: DN&SR/GWR, L&SWR, S&DJR, others. Authentic Compton Station, on the Didcot, Newbury & Southampton Railway, appears to have been served by three local coal merchants. These included Alfred Horsman, who traded until 1913, when his business passed to A.R. Frost. A contemporary photograph shows a dapper Mr Horsman, complete with pocket watch and straw boater, alongside a horse and cart, and his only railway wagon. Each £9.80
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169. Eastleigh Co-Operative Society, 7-plank wagon with coal load No.1 In 1838 the London and South Western Railway Co. built a railway from Southampton to Winchester. It passed through the small village of Barton but as the village was so small the station was named Bishopstoke Junction. In 1839 the railway was extended to Basingstoke and London. The station was renamed Eastleigh and Bishopstoke in 1889 and was finally renamed Eastleigh in 1923. The local Co-Operative Society was probably formed around 1905, just before the L&SWR started building the well-known railway works. A modern supermarket and a funeral service, successors to the original organisation, exist in Eastleigh today. Each £9.80
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148. West Somerset Mineral Railway (leased from Bristol Carriage & Wagon Works), 4 – plank wagon with load. No.159. Yellow ochre body, maroon lettering. Suitable: WSMR, also GWR, others. Authentic (based on a poor quality photograph). The West Somerset Mineral Railway was built between 1857 and 1864 to take iron ore from the mines on the Brendon Hills to Watchet harbour, where it was loaded onto ships and transported across to South Wales for smelting at Ebbw Vale. The operation was unprofitable and most of the mines were closed in 1883. The line finally closed in 1914. Many of the wagons were leased from the Bristol Carriage and Wagon Works Co., whose livery they tended to retain. Each £9.80
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171. Bannings, Ltd. of Boscombe, Bournemouth, 7-plank wagon with coal load. No.13 Bright Red body, White letters, black shading. Suitable: L&SWR/SR, S&DJR, also GWR. Authentic Boscombe railway station was opened in 1897, serving the Royal Victoria Hospital and the centre of Boscombe. The station had a goods yard which received traffic from a large area of Bournemouth, and a large coal depot with sidings. Closure took place, just before the electrification of the line through it, on 4 October 1965. This model is based on a photograph in a Butterley Co.Ltd. publication, courtesy Lightmoor Press and the Southern Railways Group. The original wagon appears to be a standard 1923 RCH design, but the maker is unknown. Each £9.80
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83. A.W. Smith of Feltham
7-plank wagon. No.8
Suitable LSWR/SR, GWR. Authentic
By the early twentieth century much of the former
heathlands around Feltham were in the ownership of a prominent local farmer and grower, Alfred
William (AW) Smith of Feltham Farm. He grew vegetables, soft fruit, and had a
particularly pungent piggery! This wagon was used to supply coal for the
boilers heating his greenhouses! Today, the land is mostly housing, a few
miles from Heathrow!
Last few - less than 5 remaining Each £9.80
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Earlier wagons Although our own stock of the 169. Alton Brewery, Hampshire, 7-plank wagon No.4 (see below) has been exhausted, our co-producers, The Mid-Hants Railway Wagon Repair Group, do still have stock. We advise you to contact their representative, Pete Cutler, for details: peter.alresforduk@btopenworld.com [If you don't have access to e-mail, please call us at Wessex Wagons for Pete's postal address]. We understand their wagons are priced at £9.80 plus P&P, payments to Mid Hants Railway Wagon Group.
Otherwise our Limited Edition wagons are exactly that: they are available for a limited period and when they are all sold, they cease to be available! However, we do occasionally have access to individual wagons which were previously 'sold out', perhaps when a regular customer has asked us to help them as they 'thin' their collection; we do keep a waiting list for specific wagons - let us know which one(s) you are looking for and we will let you know if one becomes available. Those currently available [8th January 2012] are shown in Red on the HISTORY page. |
