The modern nuclear option: Accurascale’s FNA-D

Accurascale continues to produce some very fine modern wagon models in ‘OO’ gauge as part of its ‘Powering Britain’ series. The latest is the modern FNA-D nuclear flask carrier.

00 GAUGE 4mm:1ft 2014 onwards ERA Wagons for the modern DRS layout THREE BATCHES of the ‘new generation’ nuclear flask wagon were constructed for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority by WH Davis, with the first of 40 wagons appearing in 2014. It replaced the older FNA wagon design with a wagon similar in shape, but riding on Barber BER22.5 ‘Easy Ride’ bogies. The wagons are used to transport spent nuclear fuel from existing power stations and sites undergoing decommissioning, including material from the large site at Dounreay which sees the wagons operated as far as the north of Scotland over the Far North Line. The wagons are operated by DRS in trains ranging in length from one to five FNA-D wagons and no longer with barrier wagons. The use of PFA wagons in trains operated over…

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