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Old railway wagon tank?

Discussion in 'Heritage Rolling Stock' started by Barleycorn, Aug 23, 2016.

  1. Barleycorn

    Barleycorn New Member

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    Hello,
    Just came on here to say that we are going to remove an old tank that we use for diesel.
    I was told that it was originally off a railway wagon, but I may be wrong.
    If it's any use to anyone they can have it for scrap price. Seems a shame to cut it up, it's a very well made tank.
    It's about 20' long.
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    Barleycorn, Aug 23, 2016
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    threelinkdave Well-Known Member

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    Must admit it looks very much like a railway tank
     
    threelinkdave, Aug 23, 2016
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    No great shortage of these in my view. However if it has discharge pipework underneath we'd potentially be interested in one (or both) of the valves off it to replace a broken one on another vehicle. PM me.
     
    pmh_74, Aug 24, 2016
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    It looks like one, the tanks were often separate entities to the wagons, with the wagon belonging to the railway company and the tank belonging to the customer (Dairy, oil company etc)
     
    olly5764, Aug 24, 2016
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