I'm building a rake of Nine Line's excellent wagons but can't find any pictures online, showing the 'real' item loaded with sheep. have any members got any pictures. that they could post. please ?
I've got a couple of packets of Model scene's 'sheep and lambs ( item no. 5110 ) but am worried that these might be too small.
Here is a link to a photo of a loaded sheep train. The sheep are not that clear but they look like their heads are about half way up the wagon sides, they would also have been quite tightly packed into the wagons so they could not move about much and get injured. The cattle vans were also used for sheep when needed:
https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/welshpool-and-llanfair-railway-locomotive-no-822-sylfaen-powys-wales-picture-id102725442
Brian Meldon
Thanks Brian -looks as though my sheep are about the right size, after all .
Out of interest are any of these preserved/replicas built?
Danny