Wagon
Charles Paget Wade (Shortlands 1883 - Evesham 1956)
Category
Models
Date
1901 - 1922
Materials
Wood, Brass, Steel
Measurements
61 x 84 mm; 172 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339315.4
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). A chocolate brown painted vacuum braked 0 gauge coarse scale North Eastern Railway 3 tonne fish wagon on 4 brass wheels. Yellow painted lettering by Charles Paget Wade on the sides reads 'N FISH E' (North Eastern), and '3 TONS 748494'. Two vacuum pipes at each end, one red and one black for use in a vacuum fitted freight train. Two round buffers and a coupling hook and chain each end. No Maker's Mark, probably made by Charles Paget Wade by fixing Bassett Lowke fittings to a wooden chassis.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
On sides: N FISH E 3 TONS 748494
Makers and roles
Charles Paget Wade (Shortlands 1883 - Evesham 1956)