Something for the pre-"grouping" crowd, here are some adequately antiquated wagons for the Ffarquhar branch, based on a Manchester and Birmingham end-door coal wagon from the 1840s.

These funny little guys would have been withdrawn by the 20s, and they come in liveries to go in every era. from Knapford and Elsbridge to the North Western Railway, as well as some plain/RWS-themed ones thanks to Saltpher!

Something unique, yet again.

The desire to make these was spawned by TheBuriedTruck's Little Lost Engines series, and the design was inspired by Irish narrow gauge lines with their open-topped cattle wagons.
These are fully functional with cattle and sheep loads, opening doors, animated Corris-style couplers, and four variants on MSR liveries along with alternate liveries again by Saltpher!

Some more early NWR stuff.

The L&YR Diagram 60 gunpowder was designed right after the Boer War, and adopted by many railways and private owners as their standard gunpowder van. The last ones were broken up by BR in 1951.This van comes in NWR, L&YR, WD, LMS, and BR liveries. No promise of accuracy.

Private owners loved these, so feel free to reskin.

Promo pic by Saltpher.

The "rectanks" were one of many designs built in the WWI rush, and were put to work transporting primarily tanks. After the war, most were sold off and repurposed as standard bogey bolsters. This NWR design is mostly inspired by (and identical to) the GWR's diagram J31, with NWR-built plate bogeys and livery.

Included is a TANE version and one with TRS19+ only loads.

Promo pic by ALL CAPS.

The Furness Railway had a fleet of wagons similar to these, for carrying steel plates and other similar loads. This wagon is an adaptation of this design, with some minor changes made to separate it from the prototype. These changes are mainly to do with the undercarriage. They come with two liveries: a normal NWR one and one with lettering for steel-only traffic.

An NWR fruit van, with 12 tons capacity with a 12'6 wheelbase. Bears a resemblance to a GWR Y6 fruit van, with the usual NWR-specific changes. These would have been run as normal goods vans if needed, but would often be called on for perishables traffic, with an XP rating allowing them to run in mail trains or as passenger tail traffic up to express speeds.

They come with multiple liveries by Jupiter and Saltpher, with NWR, GWR-style, Fyffes-branded, and blank ones included.

An NWR low-sided general goods wagon, built en masse from an L&Y prototype likely for the war effort in the 1910s. Versatile and hardy, these have the potential to last a long time. They can carry just about anything...anything under ten tons, that is! They even lasted long enough to become early conflats!

Thanks again to Saltpher for the extra liveries, which include BR grey/bauxite and Highland green.

In 1923, the proposal for the Peel Godred Branch was approved. In preparation, the NWR designed and built a small fleet of simple yet sturdy design of low-loader, given a capacity of 45 tons, to carry the heavy machinery from the location of manufacture to the new power station's build site. After the project was complete, the wagons were dispersed across the system performing various duties. With their steel frames, they would likely have lasted into the early 80s.

The NWR built a small fleet of these odd wagons starting in 1926. They were a simple process, being just shortened versions of their bogied brethren of three years earlier. They were meant for more compact work, carrying loads too heavy or tall for conflats and too small to necessitate a well wagon. They became surprisingly useful, especially for works projects, and lived a long life whether in revenue service or with the permanent way department.

The first of the NWR's "standard" wagon fleet, this charming little wagon was introduced in 1922 by the wagon works at Crovan's Gate, utilizing the new 9ft standard chassis. As the year went on more and more were built for both the NWR and assorted private owners until the fleet finally amassed 500 wagons.

With multiple liveries and functioning doors, these wagons are sure to become a staple in everyone's NWR stocklist.