44-1017A Coal Barge - Blue Sound-Decoders After six units were completed

After six units were completed

when it was no doubt working flat out keeping our Allied aircraft topped up between sorties

It could also be equipped with a modest bomb load

the trolleys were rugged

Sacks and Barrels

44-1017A Coal Barge - Blue Sound-Decoders After six units were completedBefore the railways, Britains waterways were used to transport goods around the country and coal was carried from pits to factories, fuelling the industrial revolution. With their speed and capacity, the railways would ultimately make their water based equivalents redundant, but not before the two coexisted, making canals and rivers a popular addition to model railway layouts. The Coal Barge joins a growing range of waterway models from Scenecraft,