CIE Bulleid Bulk Grain Wagon - Grey (CIE Roundel era) - Pack 1CI embarked on a programme of rolling stock renewal beginning in the early 1950s, centring on Bulleids patented triangulated underframe construction. Among the more distinctive wagon types to appear was a series of bulk grain hoppers developed from the H Van design. These vehicles had a 12 ton capacity and augmented a fleet of earlier hopper wagons which had been constructed by the Great Southern Railways (GSR) in the 1930s and lasted in service until

55018 – ‘Ballymoss’

NEM narrow tension lock couplers at correct height

Intermediate single-riveted roof with boiler exhaust and large cab roof vent

each LokPilot 5 decoder offers at least 10 amplified function outputs with 250mA output current each

Original nose grilles

Factory-Installed DCC Sound available with ESU LokSound V5 fitted with large  speaker and sugarcube style speaker

Boiler exhaust and steam valve

which involved significant reworking of the brake end gangways and the replacement of several windows with grilles

were a common sight throughout the network

Leeds in Feb 1944

it was built by Kerr Stuart in Stoke on Trent in 1930

and like the latter retained their unpainted finish above the bodyside angle