Image courtesy of Paul Bartlett.

A bogie bolster is a type of flatbed wagon designed for carrying long loads. While the bogie bolster is a functional and literally descriptive term for any bogies flat wagon the bogie bolster is most commonly associated with the Great Western Railway.

The Bolster B or ‘Macaw B’ to give it its telegraphic code was first introduced in 1904 and would see production for over fifty years with few design changes. Fairly standard 5 foot 6 plate back bogies would be fitted by the GWR, giving the wagon a thirty-ton capacity.

GWR bogie bolsters would continue into service with BR before more updated wagons would see their uses diminish. Several examples have been preserved.

• What’s Inside: 1x Rolling stock Wagon
• Item Length – Without Packaging (cm):18
• Item Height – Without Packaging (cm):2
• Item Width – Without Packaging (cm):3.5
• Item Weight – Without Packaging:0.08
• Item Scale:1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
• Finish:Painted
• Colour:Grey
• Gauge:OO
• Operator:BR
• Designer:GWR
• Livery:BR
• Minimum Curve (mm):Radius 2
• Number of Parts:1
• Buffer Type:Sprung Metal Buffers
• Coupling Type:NEM Tension Lock