The Acquired Wagons of British Railways Volume 7 Hopper Wagons (Coal, Loco Coal, Coke, Iron Ore & Ballast) and Ballast Plough Brake VansThe Acquired Wagons of British Railways Volume 7 Hopper Wagons (Coal, Loco Coal, Coke, Iron Ore & Ballast) and Ballast Plough Brake Vans 25. 00 British Railways was created in 1948 when the Great Western, the London, Midland & Scottish, the London & North Eastern and the Southern were taken into public ownership. It inherited all their locomotives, passenger and goods rolling stock. Whilst much has been published on BR locomotives and passenger stock,