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Southern survivors: The two-plank SECR ballast wagon

00 GAUGE 4mm:1ft

1919 to 1971 ERA

THE STANDARD SECR steel underframe has been further exploited by Rapido Trains with its latest releases, the first of which is the important, if humble, two-plank SECR ballast wagon.

The 120 wagons built from 1919 were notable survivors well into the D&E era, with the Southern Region CME using them until around 1971. Consequently, their use in

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