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Just received the June Railway Modeller and noted a feature on a pig-iron wagon and a twin-bolster set.
Does anyone know if Peco have modified their NEM pockets to accept readily available rapido replacements, e.g. Dapol buckeyes, or will surgery still be needed?

can you post a picture of the advert?

it would be nice to think that they adjusted the nem pocket size.

i did glue in an easy shunt to a peco 27t iron ore tipler (in ncb livery).

i may be tempted to buy the new wagons one day but probably will wait for a sale price.

cheers

Quote from: Crepello on May 12, 2026, 05:14:11 PMJust received the June Railway Modeller and noted a feature on a pig-iron wagon and a twin-bolster set.
Does anyone know if Peco have modified their NEM pockets to accept readily available rapido replacements, e.g. Dapol buckeyes, or will surgery still be needed?

Just received my subscription RM today. I saw the review too, the wagon looks good (albeit I still think the brake lever assembly on the new tool wagon chassis is somewhat clunky) however I am reading into it that nothing has been done to change the pockets as the review (By Peco on a Peco product of course) says "....and detachable knuckle couplings are fitted as standard - mounted in pockets which are part of the chassis moulding" - no mention of them being NEM pockets or compatible with other coupling types like easi-shunts.

I mentioned to the Peco people that the so called NEM pocket was too big way back at the York NGS show, they said they would look into it, maybe it just wasn't felt financially viable to revisit the pocket's tooling.

Roy

Quote from: bluedepot on May 13, 2026, 03:15:15 PMcan you post a picture of the advert?

Here you go.

Ian

I must say, at those prices they seem like good value. But yes hopefully the socket issue has been addressed.

thanks ian!

i may pick up a few.

glad peco are producing more.

they won't be as detailed and accurate as other manufacturers due to shared underframes but can still be a useful and more budget friendly option.

I'm not intentionally being negative, but if Peco stays true to form, I don't think it will happen.

Let's hope I'm proved wrong!

I'd like a couple of bolster wagons but not NE, I can't justify them being so far 'out of territory' so will have to wait and see whether they do a bauxite BR version.
I did have a couple of Minitrix ones some years ago but for some reason I sold them :*(

I love the way this forum loves to speculate rather than asking the manufacturer the question.

From Peco: There's no change to the design of the coupling pocket from the previous wagons using this chassis.

@Newportnobby Single bolster wagons became common user in 1922. They'd have been seen all over the country as required.

Even before that date loads wouldn't be transferred from LNER wagons to LMS ones just because the load crossed the Pennines - the wagon would have completed the full journey and been sent back empty as soon as possible.

Thanks Steven, but would they have got as far as the WR and SR?

Quote from: Newportnobby on May 14, 2026, 12:12:35 PMThanks Steven, but would they have got as far as the WR and SR?

I don't want to speak for Steven B but if a wagon is "Common User" it will go to whatever destination its load takes it regardless of company or region.

Quote from: Newportnobby on May 14, 2026, 12:12:35 PMThanks Steven, but would they have got as far as the WR and SR?

Absolutely! They'd have gone wherever their loads needed to go. Or they'd go wherever overhanging loads would need to go - they were often used as under-runners for long loads:
https://flic.kr/p/2mUtMa3


Photos on Paul Bartlett's site showing them in Bristol, Newport Docks, & Cardiff Docks

The single bolster wagon was also a common runner for the Cowans hand cranes being produced by the NGS. Some were bought from BR and used as internal users - Newport Docks and Empire Paper Mills, Kent used them.

Don't bother waiting for a vacuum braked version - there were none. The closest they got was a through pipe.