7F-052-007W 5 Plank 9 Ft Ernest Franklin 5 O Gauge - Weathered Realistic-Wagon-Load Must-have detail for 1970s and

Must-have detail for 1970s and later intermodal terminals

The storage buildings

The models all feature a similar drive to Sonic’s popular GWR 56xx as well as a detailed backhead in the cab and 6-pin DCC socket arranged such that a 90° decoder will ensure that the chip is largely hidden in normal use

60018 - EWS

7F-052-007W 5 Plank 9 Ft Ernest Franklin 5 O Gauge - Weathered Realistic-Wagon-Load Must-have detail for 1970s andThe first freight wagons for the railway were open wagons. Initially, as the tractive effort of the locomotives was relatively low, these wagons were generally low sided with only one or two planks acting as sides and carrying capacity of just a couple of tons. As the technology progressed, so did demand for rail freight and with the increased power of the steam engines came bigger wagons. The 5 plank wagon was perhaps the most common general goods