4 Plank Wagon - David Cook Dundee East
In the days when railways were the backbone of British industry, private owner wagons were a common sight, much in the way that big commercial firms now have their own fleets of trailers which may be pulled by their own vehickes or third-party hauliers.
With coal being such a dominant commodity, many suppliers shipped consignments on a very regular basis direct from the coalfields in their own vehicles which would be collected and dropped off by pick-up goods services.
Here's another reskin of Ed's 4 plank to a local historical private owner which may well have been seen on the line just 100 yards from here from time to time, although its usual route would more likely have been west through Dundee and over the Tay Bridge to the coalfields of Southern Fife. It is however by no means impossible that it might have ventured rather further afield, particularly during the First World War, when the Highland Railwway had responsiblilty for supplying the British Fleet stationed in the Orkneys, within sight of its Northern terminus at Thurso: an operation which required more locomotives and stock than it actually possessed.
This asset has an optional tarpaulin, which van be selected via the 'Sub meshes' section of the 'Options' screen in the 'Properties' window available in Surveyor.
Thanks to PaulHobbs and Trainboi1 for their mesh library elements, many of which have been used in the model.
Тип: traincar