38-058A BR OCA Open Wagon Loadhaul No.112171 Truck Hook-and-loop couplers - International-style

Hook-and-loop couplers - International-style

built specifically for British Rail's Provincial Services sector between 1989 and 1992 by British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) at Derby Litchurch Lane Works and outshopped in Regional Railways Provincial livery

purchased it two days after it was registered and covered 36

Tension adjustment device x 4

while another records the horizontal and vertical angles

38-058A BR OCA Open Wagon Loadhaul No.112171 Truck Hook-and-loop couplers - International-styleThe OCA wagons were introduced at the start of the 1980s, becoming British Rails final standard design for a general purpose open wagon with wide, low sides made up of three hinged sections etc. to allow all manner of cargo to be loaded and unloaded. Introduced at a time when general merchandise traffic was in decline, the type was soon redeployed to other areas like departmental use, or rebuilt as timber carriers becoming OTAs. The Bachmann