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    MINI HISTORY: PLATE WAGONS

    Aug 13, 2018 2 minutes

    BY the late 1930s, with the use of steel plate increasing due to preparation for war, the LNER developed a heavier duty version of its successful 12t steel plate wagon. The revisions included a solebar channel deepened to 12 inches and larger bearing journals to increase capacity. The new

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