35 ton 'Internal User' Water Storage Tank Wagon.
DETAILS FOR THIS VEHICLE.
Location : Stewarts Lane Depot, Battersea.
Date : 16/02/1993.
Type : Water Storage Tank Wagon.
Weight : 35t GLW / 13t Tare.
IU Number : 083520.
Former Number : DB 998989.
Builder : 1958 by Charles Roberts Ltd, Wakefield.
TOPS Code : ZRV.
Designation : Creosote, (formerly).
Lot no. : 3139.
Diagram no. : 1/636.
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
Tank wagon 083520 was first declassified to Internal User status for use at BREL Eastleigh Works in the 1980's. By the early 1990's it had moved to Stewarts Lane Depot in South London where it was used for possibly water storage or de-icing fluid before being condemned after sustaining collision damage with a set of buffer stops (as seen here, note bent buffers, damaged track and stop blocks).
Prior to its downgrade to internal user status it was built for BR as a 22t capacity Creosote tank wagon operating between tar distillers and BR sleeper preparation depots. The bulk of the BR owned tank fleet was in use for this product alone as it was deemed department traffic. Oil companies etc. were expected to have their own wagon fleets when using the national network. There were 42 of these 35t GLW Creosote tanks built to diagram 1/636 with a 4880 gallon capacity and built with vacuum train brakes and roller bearings.
35 ton 'Internal User' Water Storage Tank Wagon.
DETAILS FOR THIS VEHICLE.
Location : Stewarts Lane Depot, Battersea.
Date : 16/02/1993.
Type : Water Storage Tank Wagon.
Weight : 35t GLW / 13t Tare.
IU Number : 083520.
Former Number : DB 998989.
Builder : 1958 by Charles Roberts Ltd, Wakefield.
TOPS Code : ZRV.
Designation : Creosote, (formerly).
Lot no. : 3139.
Diagram no. : 1/636.
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
Tank wagon 083520 was first declassified to Internal User status for use at BREL Eastleigh Works in the 1980's. By the early 1990's it had moved to Stewarts Lane Depot in South London where it was used for possibly water storage or de-icing fluid before being condemned after sustaining collision damage with a set of buffer stops (as seen here, note bent buffers, damaged track and stop blocks).
Prior to its downgrade to internal user status it was built for BR as a 22t capacity Creosote tank wagon operating between tar distillers and BR sleeper preparation depots. The bulk of the BR owned tank fleet was in use for this product alone as it was deemed department traffic. Oil companies etc. were expected to have their own wagon fleets when using the national network. There were 42 of these 35t GLW Creosote tanks built to diagram 1/636 with a 4880 gallon capacity and built with vacuum train brakes and roller bearings.