Expected Delivery Oct 2025 (Subject to Change at Manufacturer’s Discretion).

Bring classic coal traffic to your TT:120 layout with this BR Railfreight HAA Hopper triple-pack. Each wagon features authentic livery, realistic weathering, and individual runningnumbers – 357570, 357571, and 357572, making them a perfect addition to any freight fleet.

With increasing demand for electricity in the 1960s, several new generation power stationswere built which required a continuous supply of coal at a rapid rate. A new design of wagonwas developed that could be loaded and then emptied via underfloor doors, while on themove in what were termed Merry-go-Round (MGR) trains. Following the construction of two protypes at Darlington Works in 1964/5, a staggering 10,702 hopper wagons were built atShildon Works, with a further 160 turned out at Ashford. Another 460 of the HDA variantwere built at Shildon, these being basically the same, but had improved braking to allowthem to run at 60mph rather than 45mph. All versions of the HAA carried 33-tonnes ofpulverised coal. Other variants of the HAA included HBA, HCA, HFA, HMA and HNA all ofwhich had subtle differences but were essentially similar. The last MGR trains ran toLongannet power station in Scotland during 2008 and after that, only a small number of aCDA variant, converted for use on China clay traffic, remained in use.

The original and most common of the MGR hopper wagons, these are presented in 1980sBR Railfreight livery with red frames. Each of the wagons has a different running number.