973005 GER Dia.48 7-Plank Open Wagon NE (post-36) No.603304 option-set-029 44548 & 44549)

44548 & 44549)

PLEASE NOTE: Colours may vary

Separate grab irons installed at the factory

(1) each #58 Coupler

Option to pick between L&B and Southern era porches

973005 GER Dia.48 7-Plank Open Wagon NE (post-36) No.603304 option-set-029 44548 & 44549)In 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