4 in stock
Premium Quality Black Universal Siding and Railway Yard Cover. Ideal for creating clean yet visually dusty scenic railway yards, foundry workshops, sidings, canalside coal merchants and industrial wasteland.
Use as a high fidelity low quality shunter coal at N Gauge.
Researched, developed and manufactured in the UK.
Primary Colour: Dark black coal and ash grime typical of areas around sidings and workshops.
Corresponding to Real Life Size at N Gauge: 15-40mm, and OO/HO Gauge 8-20mm
Pack size: 1kg True to Scale: Equivalent in real life to approximately 1800 tonnes of coal at N Gauge and 250 tonnes at OO/HO Gauge
N Scale Analogue to: Small cobbles used as shunter coal
Stories from the Footplate:
Ole Jim, a long retired loco fireman and now active member of his local heritage railway told us Shunters in the yards were not given the best coal, they used anything from dust up. Come the end we was using coal dust made into bricks, about 2 inches across and 4 inches long - they were a right faff to shovel.
Them at GWR were so tight they used to get us to whitewash the kole-eep so they could see if anyone was nicking it
Tis gettin on for dreckly, I'm best in for a brew me andsome
Description:
Bring your model railway to life with our clean yet visually dusty Universal Siding and Coal Yard Cover. This high-quality fine, black coloured ground cover is meticulously crafted from natural stone to the same exacting standards as our track ballast and wagon load analogues providing an authentic and realistic basis for your geoscenic elements. Whether you're featuring shunting yards, foundry workshops, sidings, canalside coal merchants or industrial wasteland, this coal yard cover offers both versatility and ease of use
Designed specifically for use with N Gauge to OO/HO Gauge railways (1:148 - 1:76), our Un