R. A. Lister – 7 plank N gauge

Limited edition 7 plank wagon commissioned by Antics and made by Dapol in 2007. Limited edition of 250 pristine wagons. Robert Ashton Lister started his engineering company in 1867. The factory in Dursley, Gloucestershire initially made farming implements and was located next to Dursley railway station. The company would successfully expand into the production of diesel and petrol engines and new factories were established in Cinderford, Stamford, Manchester, Wroughton and Australia. The company was taken over by the Hawker Sidley group in 1965. This wagon along with one other was built by the Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Company in 1910 to transport coal to the Dursley factory. ERA: 2 and 3. Wagon is in excellent, like new condition with all buffers and couplings intact. Box in very good condition. Certificate included.

Historical information from Private Owner Wagons of Gloucestershire by Ian Pope (Lightmoor Press)