Rapido Trains UK 963012 - LMS Iron Ore Hopper – BR (Lime) No.M690386 The Class 45 and 46s

The Class 45 and 46s were pretty much identical to the 44s

Used to transport parcels and luggage

to be replaced with the new emblem of British Rail and a black livery shortly after receiving its new crest

Much of the fleet would be purchased by the Ministry of Defence when they fell out of use as a domestic freight wagon

Low Smokebox Door Handrail

Rapido Trains UK 963012 - LMS Iron Ore Hopper – BR (Lime) No.M690386 The Class 45 and 46sLMS 20t Iron Ore Hoppers Constructed between the early 1920s and mid 1930s the LMS produced numerous iron ore hoppers using a variety of diagram numbers, however for the most part they looked identical. Built by several contractors, diagrams 1893, 1894, 1941 and 1942 only differed with the steel that was used to construct them and a handful of buffer varieties. With a carrying capacity of 20 tons, the iron ore wagons were used for carrying a plethora