C3042C Set of 3 Prestwin Silo Wagons in BR Bauxite - TOPS option-set-222 that finer-grained powdered solids tended

that finer-grained powdered solids tended to pool up in the Presflos’ square corners

The detail on the sleeper base moulding is extremely accurate

The fixed formations of 5-wagon sets

395 001 had been joined by three further sets

C3042C Set of 3 Prestwin Silo Wagons in BR Bauxite - TOPS option-set-222 that finer-grained powdered solids tendedSet contains running numbers B873393, B873729 and B873758 in BR Bauxite with TOPs numbering Prestwins were British Railways answer to a problem encountered in the earlier Presflo design; namely, that finer grained powdered solids tended to pool up in the Presflos square corners, preventing them from being fully discharged. Embracing the power of curves, Prestwins employed twin silos that enabled substances such as lime, sand and soda ash to slip