Railway wagon
Bassett-Lowke Ltd
Category
Models
Date
1901 - 1922
Materials
Wood, Steel
Measurements
122 x 80 mm; 206 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339315.16
Summary
Model - Part of a formation of sixteen wagons of a model railway freight train from Charles Paget Wade's Model village (Wolf's Cove). One of a pair (with 1339315.12) of grey painted Midland Railway covered goods wagons in 0 gauge coarse scale. White painted lettering to side reads 'M R' (Midland Railway) and 'Tare 8-6-0', and '8014'. Wagon has one black vacuum pipe at each end and one lamp bracket at each end. Two buffers and a coupling hook and chain at each end. Fitted at one end with a Maker's Mark reading 'MILBRO TRADE MARK' possibly adapted by Charles Paget Wade by fixing Bassett Lowke fittings and a white painted roof to a wooden chassis.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
On sides: 'M R' & 'Tare 8-6-0' & '8014'
Makers and roles
Bassett-Lowke Ltd Charles Paget Wade (Shortlands 1883 - Evesham 1956) Milbro