New Dapol Cargowaggons

Dapol have put up some pictures of their N gauge Habfis2 in Cargowaggon livery.

Dapol Cargowaggon

I always associate these wagons with Guinness. As part of my first job, I visited the Park Royal brewery on a number of occasions in the mid 80s. At the time a lot of the black stuff was distributed by rail, in these wagons. Despite the ‘Great Britain <-> Continent’ branding, I think all the rail-borne traffic was internal to Britain. They even had a pair of ex-BR 08 locomotives painted in Guinness livery named “Lion” and “Unicorn” shunting them around the brewery. The place is closed now, and all the Guinness drunk in England comes from the one true Guinness brewery in Dublin.

At the time, I didn’t actually drink the stuff.

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