972002 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon GER No.24970 Decoders being widespread across the system

being widespread across the system

the company built its own coach bodies on top of the frames

meaning no baseboard cutting is required

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972002 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon GER No.24970 Decoders being widespread across the systemDesigned to replace the ageing 8 ton and 9 ton timber framed wagons of the 1870s and 1880s, the Diagram 17s were a robust steel framed 5 plank wagon with a 9ft wheelbase, a set of doors on either side and an improved 10 ton load capacity. 12,050 examples were constructed between 1893 and 1903, accounting for 65% of the companys wagons built during this period, and by the time the last one rolled off the production line they constituted 45% of the