38-502A BR 35T 'Covhop' Covered Hopper BR Bauxite 'British Industrial Sand' No.B870863 Brand_Kato black interior and tan steering

black interior and tan steering wheel

Below the solebar the underframe features the truss rod frames of the prototype

with services centred on or radiating from Toton – to which all ten locomotives were allocated in March 1974

Tender fitted with removable coal-effect load

The track layout measures 51 x 60cm and includes:

38-502A BR 35T 'Covhop' Covered Hopper BR Bauxite 'British Industrial Sand' No.B870863 Brand_Kato black interior and tan steeringBritish Railways produced many standard designs for locomotives and rolling stock, amongst which was the CovHop introduced from 1952 to become the standard covered hopper wagon to transport powders such as sand, soda ash and sugar. The Branchline Covhop boasts a number of interchangeable features allowing individual wagons to be modelled accurately and the wagon depicted here is one with roller bearing axle boxes, OLEO buffers, and disc brakes these