BR 900760 Weltrol EC

BR 900760 Weltrol EC
BR Weltrol EC Well Trolley 900760
Built By	BR Lancing
Status	Operational
Number	B 900760
Other Numbers	DB 900760
History
Built	1952
Diagram	2/732
Lot	2357
Type	Bogie well trolley type EC
Capacity	30 tons
Telegraphic code	WELTROL
Brakes	Unfitted
1990	Arrived on the SVR
Goods Wagons

BR Well Trolley ('Weltrol EC') B 900760 was built at Lancing in 1952 to Diagram 2/732, Lot 2357. It has a 44ft 6in wheelbase and a 30 ton capacity. It was ordered by BR as a one-off replacement for a North Eastern Railway Worsdell-designed vehicle and was used as a crippled wagon carrier based at Doncaster. The suffix ‘EC’ was part of a system to identify specific types of ‘special wagons’ (in a manner later applied to all rolling stock by TOPS codes), with the first suffix letter indicating the BR Region and the following letter(s) the specific type. As the only wagon built to Diagram 732 and allocated this suffix, 900760 is unique.

It arrived on the SVR on 29 March 1990 from York, one of a number of wagons acquired by Mr J.J. Smith. After a quick repaint it was put to use as a boiler carrier at Bridgnorth. It received a full repaint into the correct BR grey in 1993. Since then it has continued to serve as a boiler carrier and was photographed at Bridgnorth in 2015 holding two boilers awaiting entry to the Bridgnorth Boiler Shop.

See also

List of goods wagons

Links

• BR 900760 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line