The Scrap wagons

The Scrap wagons are three bogied ex-Tri-ang Railways cargo carrying wagons now owned by Nerland Metal Recycling. These wagons now recycle/scrap old cars.

History
The Scrap wagons are made of two GWR "Macaw" flatbeds and a single well wagon rebuilt with new extras for scrapping cars that have been left beside the railway for years. The well wagon was rebuilt with a car crusher to recycle the cars and make them easier to transport. The first "Macaw" flatbed was fitted with a excavator head with the old-style craw to pick up the cars and put them in the crusher, then the other flatbed (which is unmodified).

Basis
The Scrap wagons are based on real Great Western Railway "Macaw" flatbeds, the same flatbeds used in Thomas & Friends, and the well wagon is based on a GWR "Crocodile-G" 35 ton well wagon. These well wagons also appeared in Thomas & Friends.

Models
The Scrap wagons first appear in numerous episodes before being rebuilt for car recycling. They are scratchbuilt with tension lock couplings but are edited out and replaced by CGI chain couplings. The devices later put onto these wagons are also scratchbuilt but are made in 1:87 (HO scale) instead of the 1:76 (OO scale) the wagons are built to.

In operation, the "claw" is a remote control model in a larger scale while the crusher is mostly done by CGI, a large scale model or the real thing.​

Callsign
The Scrap wagons all have callsigns, named after class and job. They are: