CIE Bulleid Pallet Van - Grey (CIE roundel era) - Pack 2 Brand_Irish Railway Models Designed as a heavy freight

Designed as a heavy freight locomotive rather than a mixed traffic type

2 mm Gauge Drop-In Wheel Sets suitable for the Accurascale Class 50 locomotive

along with the ‘E’ area number suffix and either L&NER or LNER

present in long rakes or mixed trains in larger yards and in smaller groups or singly in sidings and goods sheds right across the island

with different block types and the more complicated Londonderry clasp type brake

CIE Bulleid Pallet Van - Grey (CIE roundel era) - Pack 2 Brand_Irish Railway Models Designed as a heavy freightAs palletised shipments became increasingly common, CI required wagons capable of handling this new type of freight. While bogie wagons suitable for sundries, bagged cement, and other traffic were already on the drawing board, an interim solution was needed. The result was the 12 ton Pallet Van, based on the standard triangulated wagon chassis. This development of the traditional van wagon featured offset sliding doors wide enough for pallet loading