I am wondering why Peco's NR-41S Southern Railway 7 plank wagon https://peco-uk.com/collections/2mm-n/products/7-plank-wagon4 (https://peco-uk.com/collections/2mm-n/products/7-plank-wagon4) is not numbered like all their other Big Four 5 & 7 plank wagons, was this missed by Peco, or were there some Southern Railway wagons that were not numbered?
It looks like an oversight to me.
Perhaps it's a pre-production model in Peco's photo?
There are images out there with no lettering at all other than SR
https://www.signalsmodels.com/coal_7_plank_sr_brown-details.aspx (https://www.signalsmodels.com/coal_7_plank_sr_brown-details.aspx)
(https://www.signalsmodels.com/Images/Products/Large/NR41S.jpg)
On the other hand this shows a boxed production wagon as per the Peco image
(https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/154160412144_/Peco-N-gauge-Quality-Line-Wagon-NR41S-SR.jpg)
The GW version (NR-41W) and the NE one (NR-41E) carry running numbers, as do the SR NR-40S, NR-45S, NR-42S and NR-10S. That would suggest it was not a SR policy but an omission on Peco's behalf :hmmm:
All wagons carried an identification number somewhere. The large numbers on the body was certainly the most common, but sometimes the only ID was a cast plate on the chassis. On the most recent wagons, Farish print a representation, but PECO have never done that level of detail...
It's possible PECO have copied a wagon that didn't have a painted number, otherwise, it does look like an omission...