60 five-unit WIA car carrier sets were ordered by BR’s Railfreight Distribution sector ahead of the opening of the Channel Tunnel in 1994.  The WIA car carriers were designed to offer complete protection and are double-decked - the entire roof canopy can be raised or lowered as one unit to aid loading and unloading.

We are offering the following branding variations of WIA car carrier:

• Railfreight Distribution (RfD) with or without ACE branding - as delivered in 1994.
• Plain blue - on privatisation ownership passed to EWS
• DB Schenker branding - from around 2007 the DB Schenker was added to some intermediate cars
• DB branding (with Schenker painted over) - current

All of our models feature:

• pack of 5 articulated wagons (each individually numbered and with prototypical livery variations) in pale blue livery with a variety of brandings
• NEM kinematic close couplers
• RP25 wheel sets designed for straightforward conversion to EM or P4 (26mm pinpoints on 2mm diameter axles)
• optional cosmetic air pipes and optional control box (clips into NEM pocket)
• high levels of detailing with numerous separately fitted plastic and photo-etched parts
• choice of set numbers – each 5-car set will feature different numbers
• each 5-car set measures 449 mm over buffers.