Toy train wagon
Meccano Ltd
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
Cement wagon - 165 mm (length); 60 mm (width); 90 mm (height), Rotary tipper - 180 mm (length); 65 mm (width); 70 mm (height), LNER wagon - 190 mm (length); 60 mm (width); 75 mm (height)
Place of origin
Liverpool
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664450
Summary
Three railway wagons. One is a green metal railway wagon with ribbed sides and a plain gabled roof. One side of the roof has a hinged metal plate. It has four wheels, two to each axle, and a metal coupling at each end. It has four buffers, one of which is missing, and painted, in gold coloured lettering edged with red, on each side of the wagon is the word 'Cement'. The second wagon is a green coloured metal Rotary Tipper with four wheels on two axles, four buffers and a coupling at each end. The actual wagon, set on the chassis, has three straight sides and one sloping end which is hinged and allows it to tip. The end opposite the slope has a metal handle. The third wagon is green coloured metal as before, with four wheels on two axles, a coupling at each end and four buffers. The flat bedded chassis has a metal block at each with two metal rods at each end of the block and metal chains and holders, one chain is broken. This model was presumably a model of a wagon to transport logs. Total number of items is 3.
Marks and inscriptions
Base of the cement and LNER wagons: 'MECCANO / LTD / LIVERPOOL' Side of the wagon: 'ROTARY TIPPER' Side of the wagon: 'SIR ROBERT McALPINE & SONS,/ LONDON.' Side of the wagon: 'L N E R' Side of the wagon: L N E R HORNBY/ SERIES
Makers and roles
Meccano Ltd, maker