CIE Bulleid Bulk Grain Wagon - Grey (CIE Flying Snail era) - Pack 1 PTA JTA JUA The introduction of Class 156

The introduction of Class 156 ‘Super Sprinters’ on the West Highland from January 1989 and on the Far North/Kyle lines in the May triggered an exodus of Class 37/4s to freight work

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Perhaps the most recognisable of the goods vehicles was the humble open wagon with its galvanised pressed metal body

D9006 – ‘The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry’

from the Martin House charity

CIE Bulleid Bulk Grain Wagon - Grey (CIE Flying Snail era) - Pack 1 PTA JTA JUA The introduction of Class 156CI embarked on a programme of rolling stock renewal beginning in the early 1950s, centring on Bulleids patented triangulated underframe construction. Among the more distinctive wagon types to appear was a series of bulk grain hoppers developed from the H Van design. These vehicles had a 12 ton capacity and augmented a fleet of earlier hopper wagons which had been constructed by the Great Southern Railways (GSR) in the 1930s and lasted in service until