BD Breakdown Train
Number | BD |
Name | Breakdown Train , comprising crane & rolling stock |
First year published | 1949 |
Publisher | Micromodels |
Number of cards | 6 |
Size of cards | 9 x 13 cm |
Scale | 1 : 200 |
Description | First and only printing in 1949 at 1/8d. The Breakdown Train is catalogued as out of print in 1955. Micromodels London and Autocraft both have published the model. Robin Madge made some remarks about this model: “This model represents a 45 ton Ransomes and Rapier breakdown crane with its two load spreading trucks and jib cradle vehicle. These were built during WW2 to supplement the existing fleet of cranes on the railway system. They were originally painted grey, became black under BR and then Red. The version modelled is the GWR one, correctly coloured grey, all other GWR cranes were black. |