Wagons
SR Cattle Trucks Diagram 1529 / 1530
The first Southern Railway designed standard cattle truck appeared in 1930, earlier SR vehicles being built to pre-grouping designs. The vehicles to diagram 1529 departed from the traditional use of timber on cattle wagon underframes being of an all steel construction, however their routes could be traced back to the SECR. They had a 10’6” wheelbase, 8 shoe vacuum brakes known as Maunsell brakegear and a handbrake between the wheels.
In 1947 the design was updated with plywood ends, internally reinforced with metal and sheet aluminium roofs. The braking was also altered by Bullied; the handbrake lever being repositioned to the extreme end of the wagon. 101 vehicles to order A3219 were built with through vacuum pipes only, though some were later fitted with vacuum cylinders.
The 2mm Scale Association produces a injection moulded plastic kit that can build either the diagram 1529 or 1530. An etched chassis kit can also produce the Maunsell brakegear for the diagram 1529 or the Bullied design for diagram 1530.
| 2-544 |
SR Cattle Van Body Kit |
| 2-370 |
Wagon Chassis Etch - SR 10'6" |
| 2-041 |
Wheel Bearings |
| 2-205 |
6mm 3-hole disc wagon wheels (12.25mm axle) or |
| 2-209 |
6mm 8-spoke wagon wheels (12.25mm axle) or |
| 2-213 |
6mm open spoke wagon wheels (12.25mm axle) |
| 2-443 |
Buffers (they should be ribbed) |
| 2-346 |
Vacuum Cylinder |
0.3 Brass / Nickel Silver Rod
Tools required?
References
- An Illustrated History Of Southern Wagons Volume 4
Links
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2mm Finescale 
