DAPOL 4F-015-002 - 8T Fruit Van - GWR Grey (Weathered) [New]

Dapol

--Scalextric \n-- Hornby \n--Models\n--Radio Control\n--Sylvanian Families\n\n--Scalextric \n-- Hornby \n--Models\n--Radio Control\n-- LEGO\n\n--Sylvanian Families\n--More ToysDapol Fruit Mex Wagon GWR 38231 Weathered DA4F-015-002 OO Gauge\n\nDapol Fruit Mex Wagon GWR 38231 Weathered DA4F-015-002 OO Gauge\n\nPrototype\nDue to changes in legislature, the transport of cattle and other livestock traditionally performed by rail was changed in a very short space of time to road. This resulted in large numbers of redundant cattle wagons. Many of these wagons were converted for alternative uses and one such was the Fruit Mex which was produced by adding slatted panels to the top section of the body of a standard GWR Mex B 8 ton cattle wagon.\nIn this form it was ideally suited to cope with the considerable amounts of fresh fruit traffic, particularly strawberries from the West Country and Vale of Evesham. These wagons carried the simple appellation \u2018Fruit\u2019 to identify them, and ak