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[[File: PO_2686_20161112.jpg |thumb|300px|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 4,000 gallon capacity weighing , equating to a 20 ton load with a 35 tonston gross laden weight.<ref name=SB9>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref><ref>[http://glostransporthistory.visit-gloucestershire.co.uk/butlers.htm Gloucestershire Transport History]</ref>
==Service==
2686 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.<ref>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/> 2686 was one of the 25 wagons used in the [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Wagons used on the main line in preservation| demonstration goods train taken on the main line to Newport]] in September 1985, hauled by [[GWR 2857 Heavy Goods Loco | GWR 2857]].<ref>SVR News 78</ref>
2686 is owned by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC|SVR(H)]].<ref name=SB9/> It is seen photographed at [[Arley]] in November 2016.
==Links==
*[http://www.ws.vintagecarriagestrustrhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=7480 PO 2686 on vintagecarriagestrust.orgRailway Heritage Register On-Line]
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