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[[File: PO_2686_20161112.jpg |thumb|200px300px|right| Ex Esso Fuel Tank Wagon No 2686]]Private Owner Class B Oil Tank No 2686 was built in 1949 by Fairfield Bridge & Engineering of Chepstow for Esso. A Class B tank could be used for any form of oil except petrol, and this example has a 400 gallon capacity weighing 35 tons. <ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref>

It arrived on the SVR ==Service==While in August 1971 having been donated by service with Esso, the wagon received a registration number GWR 7704. Since arrival it has been used for water storage for firefighting purposes. It is seen photographed at [[Arley]] in November 2016.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey</ref>

==SourcesPreservation==Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey2686 was donated to the SVR by Esso. It was overhauled and repainted in their black and white livery by Esso's Chesterfield Works, before being delivered to Bewdley on 31 August 1971.<brref>SVR News 21</ref> An early use for 2686 was to supply water for [[686 The Lady Armaghdale]] during the filming of [[The Incredible Robert Baldick]] at various locations along the SVR in 1972. It has been also been used since for water storage for other purposes, including firefighting.<ref name=SB9/>  It is seen photographed at [[Arley]] in November 2016. ==See also==*[[Goods Wagons | List of goods wagons]] ==References==Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Eighth Edition<references />

*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrust.org/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7480 PO 2686 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br>