555 Goods Yard Weighbridge Model Kit Brand_Design-Preservation-Models Dominating Presence

Dominating Presence

was first introduced in 1948 and was intended to be a robust

This model requires painting and gluing to complete

however the rest of the class remained in traffic until 1959 when withdrawals commenced

555 Goods Yard Weighbridge Model Kit Brand_Design-Preservation-Models Dominating PresenceOne of the fundamental aspects of safety on the railway was that wagons should never be overloaded. To do so would risk trains not having sufficient braking capacity to slow and stop safely. To manage loading at many industrial locations, each wagon would pass over a Weighbridge to check their weight. Each wagon would display its tare weight, which could be deducted from the total weight, to ascertain the net weight of the load simple mathematics! The