The Turbot bogie ballast wagon was a development from the earlier Bogie Bolster E wagon, which was manufactured in the 1960s and was intended for the transfer of steel. The wagon, however, after a number of years in use was found to be too short for the continuation of its intended role, but it was found that if a low sided three door body was added, then this new wagon would be suitable for transporting ballast. The wagon was nicknamed Turbot and was TOPS classified as YCV bogie ballast wagon. Over 1,000 Turbot wagons were rebuilt by BR Shildon and RFS Engineering at Doncaster between 1982 and 1988 and continued into service until 2002. Turbot wagons have also been modified for use by London Underground.

The Dapol O gauge model of the Turbot features:

General Spec:

Body spec:

Fully detailed body with separately moulded side doors and stanchions (to allow ease of kit bashing)
Interior floor, door and stanchion details
Door 'balance' spring and arm detailing
Finely moulded and etched stainless steel detail where applicable
Separate handrails, end steps and lamp brackets.
Highly detailed underframe with correct profiled bracing
Highly detailed bogies made from separate metal parts
All buffer beam accessories fitted

We currently have stock of all versions of the Turbots from the 2020 production run although stocks are running low. Dapol have now announced a re-run of these for release around the middle of 2022. We are taking advance orders for these now and have stocks of the 2020 production available for immediate despatch

We will also be offering our weathering service on these for those people who wish to take advantage of this service at £25.00 per vehicle. We can also re-number them for an additonal £2.50 for people who wish to add further vehicles to the rake without have duplicated numbers in the train.