BR 24.5T HOP24/HUO Coal Hopper - TOPS (Grey) - Pack U - In Stock


BR 24.5T HOP24/HUO Coal Hopper - TOPS (Grey) - Pack U - In Stock

Canadian Price: $95.99   UK RRP: £69.95

British Railways 24.5-ton HOP24 / HUO hopper wagon - B333786, B334997 & B335236

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Introduced in 12 seperate batches between 1954 and 1965, a total of 5,263 of these 24.5-ton capacity hoppers were built for British Railways (BR), with 11 of the batches constructed at the company's Shildon wagon works and one - the last 0 built by Pressed Steel. Tasked mainly with hauling coal and coke from collieries and coke plants to power stations and ports throughout Great Britain, they displaced older open wagons from such services and were regarded as precursors to modern 'Merry-go-Round' (MGR) coal hoppers. They ran from 1954 to 1987, and many survived into private colliery and power plant use.

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