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Tank Wagons - Chemical 4-wheel

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Here we see the edge of the sand wharf and the Lock Siding of the long-lived Aberavon Wharf & Tramway Company. Their Yorkshire 0-4-0DE is parked up at their fuelling point with an old internal shunt truck and an Italian tank wagon that will be loaded with pesticides for export at the Mechema works further down the tramway. A E Knill’s Barry scrapyard was very close to the famous Woodham yard and I took hundreds of wagon photos at both yards throughout the 1980s.

 

VTG ferry tank at Morfa Bank Sidings. Here it is with the new number panels in place and ready to head down to the chemical works. For further details and the construction of this wagon, please see the September 2020 update page.

 

078 5 197-3 This is a diagram E445 bromine tank, the most complex of the conversions so far (utilising a heavily modified Liliput HO acid tank). Further details of this conversion can be found on the November 2020 update page (omwb173).

 

ICI tank wagons at Shenston Road.

 

ICI tank wagon at Shenston Road.

 

Ciba Geigy 50 ton chemical tank wagons at Shenston Road.

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