CIE Bulleid H Van - Grey (CIE Flying Snail era) -Unfitted-Pack 1 Scale_4mm 68646 spent its life working

68646 spent its life working the ‘classic’ Buckjumper suburban services out of Stratford shed

While bogie wagons suitable for sundries

In service

Die-cast metal chassis

There was more work required than initially anticipated and the locomotive was transferred to another owner and moved to Didcot Railway Centre

CIE Bulleid H Van - Grey (CIE Flying Snail era) -Unfitted-Pack 1 Scale_4mm 68646 spent its life workingThe programme of rolling stock production undertaken by Oliver Bulleid during his time as Chief Mechanical Engineer at Cors Iompair ireann (CI) in the 1950s contained a number of now iconic vehicles, among them being the humble H Van. With a 10ft wheelbase and 12 ton capacity, these unassuming vans became CIs standard covered wagon and they found their way to every point of the Irish railway network during their time in service, present in long rakes