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Merry Go Round and More
Welcome to the third Train Terminal blog. In this edition, we go behind the scenes of the Hornby TT:120 development process and show you how these models were created.
The CDA Hopper is a derivative of the ubiquitous HAA Hopper, part of the MGR or Merry Go Round train concept pioneered by BR in the mid 1960s. HAA Hoppers, the mainstay of the MGR concept, totalled over 11,000 at the peak of their usage, with MGR services being a common sight on the mainline between the later 1960s and 1980s.
The image on the left (property of the BR Board) shows how a typical MGR train would appear when hauled by a Class 26 in the BR green livery. Early MGR trains such as the below, also utilised brake vans, this was something that was discontinued (on all services other than those that included dangerous chemicals) around the time the services began to decline in the latter half of the 1980s.
The MGR service streamlined deliveries to power stations, as the wagons would not need to stop to be unloaded. Instead of stopping, the wagons dropped their cargo whilst on the move, albeit at a slow speed, via doors on the bottom of each Hopper. To this end, several...Read More
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