Rail Express – September 2019

STOBARTRAIL Class92No. 92017
BarttheEnginehas beenannounced
as aspeci al edition‘N’gauge modelby
Kernow ModelRail Centre.
The locomotivewas painted in the
distinctivelivery in 2009, ostensibly
foruse on StobartRail trains carrying
Tescotrafficbetween Daventry
andMossend. It has maderegular
appearancesongeneral DBCargo
intermodal trafficand ChannelTunnel
freight too and haseven been sighted
on infrastructureworkings.
The model is to be producedby

Revolutio nTrains andreleased atthe

same time as its other models. It will

featureall-wheeldrive, workin grunning

lights andasix-pin interfaceforDCC.

The model will be priced at £179.95,

with moredetailsavailable at

tinyurl.com/yyxdptlx

StobartRail Class 92 announced

Class 92, No. 92017Bart the Engineis

the latest limited edition ‘N’gauge

model to be offered by Kernow Model

Rail Centre. It passed throughCarlisle

on July15, 2011 withasouth bound

StobartRail intermodalservice.

Cargowaggons, timber wagons

announced by Revolution Trains

WITH delivery of its brand- new‘OO’
gaugemodel of theup-to-dateEalnos
MMAbogie bo xwagon imminent,
RevolutionTrains hasturned its
attentiontoproducinga‘OO’ gauge
model of the‘Sfins 2’,alargeferry
vanconstructedin Germanyins everal
batches, with slightl ydifferent
diagramnumbers,between 1987and
1990.
TOPS coded IWA, thewagons are
general purpose bogieferryvansof
19.5m in lengthoverthe end panels
and capable of beingloaded to 90tons
gross ladenweight (GLW). Theyare
fitted with twolarge integralside and
roof sections which areopened using
wheels located onthewagon ends.
Each roof section is lifted slightlyas
the wheels areturned, with thelower
partengag ing runners to allowthem
toslide open, oneover the other to
provide access to half the cargo space
at atime.
Numbered 83 80 4741000-160,
the fleetwasacommon sight in the UK
on various traffics includingfertilizer,
newsprinttrafficand palletisedgoods.
Carryin gthe distinctive Cargowaggon
or Norsk Hydrologos overanunpaint ed
bright metal finish, thewagon sare
very distinctive, particularlywith
the shape of theroof section which
optimisesthe loading envelope.

‘RFNOOS’ TIMBERWAGONS

With theSfins wagoncomes the

opportunitytooffer theToauxRfnoos

bogie timbercarri ersoperated on flows

from Cornwall, the Scottish Borders

and Wales to theKronospan paper

mill atChirk. Thirty Sfinswagonswere

converted toflat wagons in 2012,

with loading doors andmechanisms

Rfnoos timbercarriers

as operate dontimber

traffictoChirk arealso

announced. Thewagons

arecut-down Sfins2

ferry vans which were

convertedin2012.

No.83843523 047-2was

photographed atCarlisle

in De cember2018.

removedtol eave the fixed ends.Large

stanchionsfortimberwith tensioners

fitted to thesides to secure the load

were installed.The total gross laded

weight is 90tons, thesame asthe

wagons when operated asvans. Coded

Rfnoos and numbered inthe8384

3532 xxxnumber sequence, they are

commonlyseen worked withsimilar

wagons coded KFAand numbered 972xx.

Both thenewSfins2 and Rfnoos

wagons willfeatur ethe sametechnical

featur es as th esoon to ar rive Ealnos

wagons, includingNEMcoupling pockets

fitte dtoclose couplingcams,androom

for‘EM’and ‘P4’ wheels.Advanceorders

arebeing taken on theRevolutionTrains

websiteatwww.revolutiontrains.com.

ASfins‘Cargowaggon’ bogieferryvan numbered 83 80 4741 095-9wasphotographed atLongport on June 14, 1993.

The loading doors

whic hare integral with

the wagonroof are

opened using the large

wheels located on the

wagons ends.

The classicCargowaggon livery ofyellowand blue logooverunpainted metal is one of twoliveries to be offered on the new‘OO’ gaugewagons.
Norsk Hydrofertilizer trafficistoberepresented with the second livery.

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