Accurascale ‘Merry-Go-Round’ wagons
AS much a design icon of the British Rail era as the HST, the fleet of 10,961 air-braked Merry-Go-Round (MGR) hopper wagons became a regular sight on the mainline from their introduction in 1964, dominating coal traffic until their run-down in the early 2000s. They modernised coal handling at power stations and industrial sites by automating unloading without having to constantly stop a train to discharge wagons.
Construction was completed almost exclusively by
