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==Preservation== | ==Preservation== | ||
| − | It arrived on the SVR with a Chas Roberts-built example [[Regent Oil & Texaco 345 Aviation Fuel Tank Wagon|345]] from Cardiff on 23 July 1984 having been acquired by Don Wilcox, and restored to all-over silver Texaco livery. Original plans to store diesel fuel were shelved and it has instead been used to store water for firefighting.<ref name=SB9/> It is seen at [[Bewdley]] in March 2015. | + | It arrived on the SVR with a Chas Roberts-built example [[Regent Oil & Texaco 345 Aviation Fuel Tank Wagon|345]] from Cardiff on 23 July 1984 having been acquired by Don Wilcox, and restored to all-over silver Texaco livery. |
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| + | In 1985, 431 appeared on the main line when it was used in the [[The Severn Valley Railway on the main line#SVR Wagons used on the main line in preservation| GW 150 demonstration freight train]] which ran to Newport behind [[2857|GWR freight loco 2857]].<ref>SVR News 78</ref> | ||
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| + | Original plans to store diesel fuel were shelved and it has instead been used to store water for firefighting.<ref name=SB9/> It is seen at [[Bewdley]] in March 2015. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 17:23, 2 January 2019
| Regent Oil & Texaco 431 Aviation Fuel Tank Wagon | |
|---|---|
 Regent Oil & Texaco Wagon 431 | |
| Built By | Powell Duffryn |
| Number | 431 |
| Other Numbers | Regent 431, TEX 47881, BRBritish Rail or British Railways(W) 457 |
| History | |
| Built | 1961 |
| Diagram | 6/020 |
| Type | 4w Class B Aviation Fuel Tank |
| Capacity | 22 tons[1] |
| TOPS code | TSV |
| Brakes | Vacuum |
| 1984 | Entered preservation on SVRSevern Valley Railway |
| 1985 | GW 150 main line appearance |
Contents
Service
The tank was used by Regent Oil, which was re-branded as Texaco Ltd in 1967.[3] While used by Texaco, it was allocated TOPSTotal Operations Processing System, an American computer system adopted by BR from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock. number TEX 47881. Its final duty was in freight trains carrying aviation fuel from Edinburgh to Prestwick Airport for which it carried the registration number BRBritish Rail or British Railways(W) 457[1][4].
Preservation
It arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway with a Chas Roberts-built example 345 from Cardiff on 23 July 1984 having been acquired by Don Wilcox, and restored to all-over silver Texaco livery.
In 1985, 431 appeared on the main line when it was used in the GW 150 demonstration freight train which ran to Newport behind GWR freight loco 2857.[5]
Original plans to store diesel fuel were shelved and it has instead been used to store water for firefighting.[4] It is seen at Bewdley in March 2015.
See also
List of goods wagons
Regent Oil & Texaco 345 Aviation Fuel Tank Wagon
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey
- ↑ Paul Bartlett's photographs (Retrieved 1 January 2019)
- ↑ Grace's Guide
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 78
