Single Bolster Wagon

[Stephen Rainsbury]

My Joining "present" to the Society was a single bolster wagon, which I wasn't expecting so very gratefully received, but what would you actually use it for in real life?

I always assumed that they would come in pairs.  ???

[David Weber]

Indeed they would, but would it be fair to get two free bolster wagons while other people got only one free regular wagon?

[JulienW]

Iirc the kit is for a single plank bolster wagon, so you could buy one (or more) to add to your free one for carrying long loads as a bolster wagon, use it singly as a bolster for supporting a crane's jig, or don't add the swivelling bolster to make a single plank / flat wagon, and I'm sure with some imagination more possibilities will present themselves (shunters runner, Engineer's / PW wagon...).

As David says new member's get a free wagon, but exactly which one depends on what is available at the time.

[Frank]

Use it to make one of those wagons for carrying big pieces of slate?

http://www.buccabury.co.uk/ltr/s03.jpg

Frank

[Stephen Rainsbury]

Iirc the kit is for a single plank bolster wagon, so you could buy one (or more) to add to your free one for carrying long loads as a bolster wagon...

Yes indeed it is for one and sorry if it sounded like I was asking for a second one. I couldn't work out why there were not sold as pairs which would I accept remove them from being a joining gift.

As it happens I was planning to use it for carrying a large barrel to my fireworks factory, but I think it is about to get a sibling and be used for transporting pipes to my proposed scrap yard layout.