B446000

The first of thirty 56 ton wagons built at Shildon and employed on iron ore workings between Tyne Dock and Consett steelworks, a task undertaken for twenty years from 1954. B446000 was photographed at Tyne Dock on 7 April 1967.

 

There is more information on both the wagons and their workings at www.derbysulzers.com/24102.html

 

Scanned from a 6x9cm size negative taken by the late Brian Webb and now the copyright of the Industrial railway Society (BW-M270)

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