Image courtesy of Paul Bartlett.

A bogie bolster is a type of flatbed wagon designed for carrying long loads. While the bogie bolster is a functional and literally descriptive term for any bogies flat wagon the bogie bolster is most commonly associated with the Great Western Railway.

The Bolster B or 'Macaw B' to give it its telegraphic code was first introduced in 1904 and would see production for over fifty years with few design changes. Fairly standard 5 foot 6 plate back bogies would be fitted by the GWR, giving the wagon a thirty-ton capacity.

GWR bogie bolsters would continue into service with BR before more updated wagons would see their uses diminish. Several examples have been preserved.

• What's Inside: 1x Rolling stock Wagon
• Item Length - Without Packaging (cm): 18
• Item Height - Without Packaging (cm): 2
• Item Width - Without Packaging (cm): 3.5
• Item Weight - Without Packaging: 0.08
• Item Scale: 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
• Finish: Painted
• Colour: Grey
• Gauge: OO
• Operator: BR
• Designer: GWR
• Livery: BR
• Minimum Curve (mm): Radius 2
• Number of Parts: 1
• Buffer Type: Sprung Metal Buffers
• Coupling Type: NEM Tension Lock