ICI 19052 Bogie Steel Hopper Wagon
This ex-ICI bogie hopper wagon was designed and built by Charles Roberts & Co. of Wakefield in 1938 as wagon no. 3252. It was used to haul limestone traffic from the quarries at Tunstead, near Buxton in the Derbyshire Peak District, to the I.C.I. processing works at Northwich. For this it was given BR TOPS no. 19052 and LMS registration no. 151397. The official tare weight is quoted as 23 tons, with a load carried of 43½ tons.
Motive power used to haul these wagons would have included Stanier 8F locomotives. The wagon is one of two acquired by the Stanier 8F Locomotive Society, although there is no record that 48773 was used to haul ICI mineral traffic. It was photographed in April 2015 stored in the ‘Bewdley Triangle’; the junction of the SVR with the Stourport branch.
Sources
Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey
Stanier 8F Locomotive Society Web Site
Severn Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition