This was my second steel mineral wagon to join my fleet. It features a Great Western Railway wagon from the 1920's that was branded to operate from the Steel works at Ebbw Vale.
Lettering, in the top right corner, reads
"EBBW VALE
STEEL IRON
& COAL Co. Ltd
Empty to
Aberbeeg GWR
137 of these models were produced. Unlike the 00 version, these come with the six-digit number, 309728.
In the Summer (a term used loosely) of 2008 I had 40 of these weathered
Pristine ones were sold out in September 2009 and the final weathered ones were sold out in January 2010