Accurascale announce PFA nuclear waste wagons with new nuclear waste containers in OO gauge.

Contributed by: Graham Muspratt

13 Mar 2021 00:00am

Accurascale today announces a new production run of their popular PFA two axle intermodal wagon with a variety of newly tooled and interesting low level waste nuclear containers.



Following the success of the first low level nuclear waste containers Accurascale developed for the first run of PFA wagons, they have now developed five new interesting containers to represent the wide ranging nuclear traffic these wagons have operated on for DRS for over 20 years, right up to current day operation.

Nupak Containers

Around since late 1990s, the Nupak reusable drum carriers have found themselves a wealth of heritage traction in the early years of DRS, right up to their replacement by Novapacks in 2017

These new wagon packs will feature the most typical pairing of green 3739-series and blue 3390-series Nupak containers and one 20ft 2896-series container in brown red livery.

Super Novapak

The Nupaks were replaced from 2017 by the Novapak Type Bs, which were larger in size and offered better protection of their hazardous contents. These once again will be offered in a pack of two wagons with Novapacks and one wagon carrying a 20ft 2896-series IP-2 container.

2031 Containers

The final container is one that that runs in longer rakes and more akin to a standard 20ft ocean going ISO container. However, it does display subtle differences such as a subtly angled centre panel and two strengthened ribs each side. These more conventional containers are finished in a brown red livery with distinctive markings. Accurascale are producing three packs of these wagons, each fully loaded.



As you can see the loads are fully tooled and ride on Accurascale’s diecast PFA wagon, steeped in a wealth of detail. Artwork is complete and painted samples are due in the coming months. Delivery is stated for Q4 this year and will have a price of £74.95 per set of three wagons.

You can pre-order the Accurascale PFA nuclear waste wagon packs here>>>

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