972003 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon GER No.3175 Track Service and maintenance

Service and maintenance

8 pairs of 14mm super-quality wheelsets for 16

almost 700 cars of this type were put into service in a total of six series

ITEM NUMBER 2-160

in-house at their Harmon Shops

972003 GER Dia.17 5-Plank Open Wagon GER No.3175 Track Service and maintenanceDesigned to replace the ageing 8 ton and 9 ton timber framed wagons of the 1870s and 1880s, the Diagram 17s were a robust steel framed 5 plank wagon with a 9ft wheelbase, a set of doors on either side and an improved 10 ton load capacity. 12,050 examples were constructed between 1893 and 1903, accounting for 65% of the companys wagons built during this period, and by the time the last one rolled off the production line they constituted 45% of the