Bachmann 33-375A

British Rail MEA/MFA Open Box British Rail Railfreight Coal Sector

The British Rail MEA and MFA wagons were innovative conversions of redundant HEA coal hoppers, designed to address the need for general-purpose open mineral wagons. Introduced in 1990, the MEA wagons featured new steel box bodies fitted onto the existing HEA chassis. A total of 641 MEA wagons were produced, with 135 later modified into MFA wagons for infrastructure use.

Wagon
Classification
British Rail MEA/MFA Open Box
Group
Mineral Wagons (Not Hopper Fitted)
Type
Open
Brake
Air
CARKND
MEA
Operator
British Rail Railfreight
Livery
Coal Sector
Era
8 - British Rail Sectorisation (1982 – 1997)
Catalogue
Builder
Bachmann
Catalogue Number
33-375A
Category
OO Scale Wagons & Brake Vans
Sub-category
Mineral
Scale
OO
Finish
Weathered
Year
2001
Pages
Bachmann OO Gauge Railways 2001 (44)
Bachmann OO Scale Model Trains 2003 (49)
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