NZR UK class container wagon - open decking - NZ120
The UK class container wagon was first introduced in the late 1960s as the containerisation of shipping was underway. The class grew as NZR added more and more batches of specially built container wagons to its fleet, with numerous wagons built from kit sets produced by Mitsubishi in Japan. At 60ft in length, the UK class could carry two 20ft containers and a 10ft container, or one 40ft container and one 10ft container.
The UK class are the most numerous class of wagon on New Zealand’s railways today, and some have even been exported to Australia (Queensland and Western Australia). Their design has now been surpassed by newer container flat wagons with higher maximum axle loads, but the UK class and its derivatives continue to dominate KiwiRail’s wagon fleet.
This particular version has reduced decking plates, meaning the substructure is visible.
This wagon is printed in aluminium - lead times will be a bit longer than usual.
The design is NZ120 (1:120 scale).
Couplers, bogies and end stanchions are not included.
Measurements:
NZ120: 131.9mm long x 21mm wide x 5.5mm high
The UK class container wagon was first introduced in the late 1960s as the containerisation of shipping was underway. The class grew as NZR added more and more batches of specially built container wagons to its fleet, with numerous wagons built from kit sets produced by Mitsubishi in Japan. At 60ft in length, the UK class could carry two 20ft containers and a 10ft container, or one 40ft container and one 10ft container.
The UK class are the most numerous class of wagon on New Zealand’s railways today, and some have even been exported to Australia (Queensland and Western Australia). Their design has now been surpassed by newer container flat wagons with higher maximum axle loads, but the UK class and its derivatives continue to dominate KiwiRail’s wagon fleet.
This particular version has reduced decking plates, meaning the substructure is visible.
This wagon is printed in aluminium - lead times will be a bit longer than usual.
The design is NZ120 (1:120 scale).
Couplers, bogies and end stanchions are not included.
Measurements:
NZ120: 131.9mm long x 21mm wide x 5.5mm high
The UK class container wagon was first introduced in the late 1960s as the containerisation of shipping was underway. The class grew as NZR added more and more batches of specially built container wagons to its fleet, with numerous wagons built from kit sets produced by Mitsubishi in Japan. At 60ft in length, the UK class could carry two 20ft containers and a 10ft container, or one 40ft container and one 10ft container.
The UK class are the most numerous class of wagon on New Zealand’s railways today, and some have even been exported to Australia (Queensland and Western Australia). Their design has now been surpassed by newer container flat wagons with higher maximum axle loads, but the UK class and its derivatives continue to dominate KiwiRail’s wagon fleet.
This particular version has reduced decking plates, meaning the substructure is visible.
This wagon is printed in aluminium - lead times will be a bit longer than usual.
The design is NZ120 (1:120 scale).
Couplers, bogies and end stanchions are not included.
Measurements:
NZ120: 131.9mm long x 21mm wide x 5.5mm high
