972017 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon GER (As Preserved) No.28601 Brand_Xuron especially in Southern England

especially in Southern England

this cull ceased when the war broke out in 1939

CURVE RADIUS 282mm

spreads the ballast on track and never on the rails

a first for British rail services

972017 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon GER (As Preserved) No.28601 Brand_Xuron especially in Southern EnglandDesigned 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