973001 GER Dia.48 7-Plank Open Wagon GER No.9853 Toys The 1:76 scale Beadle Integral

The 1:76 scale Beadle Integral

This would turn out to just be the start of their engineering life as some would be cut down in height

with a huge range of detail variations to cab ends

fulfilling the desire to ""run HO gauge vehicles easily""

973001 GER Dia.48 7-Plank Open Wagon GER No.9853 Toys The 1:76 scale Beadle IntegralIn early 1903 while wagons of the final order of Diagram 17 were under construction, the GER was busy preparing a new 7 plank design with both an increased carrying capacity and an improved load retention for low weight but high volume goods. Within two months a prototype of the new 7 plank design had been completed by converting an existing 5 plank Diagram 17 wagon originally built in 1898. Trials of the wagon were successful, although the oil axle