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The BSC PTA family

Brand-new ‘OO’ gauge models of the British Steel Corporation (BSC) PTA iron ore tippler wagon (and derivatives) have caused a lot of excitement in the D&E modelling community.

The model is based on the design equipped with BSC ‘Axle Motion’ bogies which excludes the first build of PTAs, constructed by BREL Shildon

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