38-057A BR OCA Open Wagon (Ex-EWS) DB Cargo No.112230 - Weathered Code-250 A tribute to the design

A tribute to the design is that after 45 years the Class is still in service with DRS on mainline duties and at least 28 of the class are now preserved

We're now thrilled to be able to offer some of the remaining sets to our online customers

Class 08s have been popular machines with heritage railways and today

Toad was saved from the scrap yard by Douglas and is very grateful to him

The German Pz

38-057A BR OCA Open Wagon (Ex-EWS) DB Cargo No.112230 - Weathered Code-250 A tribute to the designThe OCA wagons were introduced at the start of the 1980s, becoming British Rails final standard design for a general purpose open wagon with wide, low sides made up of three hinged sections etc. to allow all manner of cargo to be loaded and unloaded. Introduced at a time when general merchandise traffic was in decline, the type was soon redeployed to other areas like departmental use, or rebuilt as timber carriers becoming OTAs. The Bachmann