KR Models BR ‘Palbrick’ wagon
◆ GAUGE ‘OO’ ◆ MODEL BR Palbrick B wagon three-pack ◆ PRICE £60.00 ◆ AVAILABILITY KR Models stockists Web www.krmodels.net
Eager to retain traffic in new bricks, particularly the pallet traffic in furnace bricks for industry, BR set about producing a fleet of 1,420 specialised wagons for easy loading and unloading of palletised bricks. There were a number of versions of the wagon, code-named ‘Palbrick’, to suit the various sizes of pallets employed. Later examples had clasp brakes and roller-bearing axleboxes and were classified ‘Palbrick B’.
Received for review from Edmonton, Alberta-based KR Models is a pack of three ‘Palbrick B’ wagons. Being unfamiliar with the prototype, I consulted Paul Bartlett’s website (paulbartlett. zenfolio.com). This is a vital resource for rolling stock information and photographs, but you do need to understand what you are looking at. It appears that the body of the model is probably based on Paul’s photograph of ‘Palbrick B’ No. B462073, though the model chassis reflects one of the later examples fitted with roller-bearing axleboxes and clasp brakes.