4F-058-002 14T Tank Wagon Class A Shell BP Silver A7493 OO Gauge Streamlined Diesel Rail Car Spares being built with full vacuum

being built with full vacuum brake gear with the brake cylinder in the front of the brake veranda

The tooling allows for most variations of the A1

The early MOGO vans had planked bodies but were later constructed with ply body sides

7 plank body with end door has separately applied operating bar

4F-058-002 14T Tank Wagon Class A Shell BP Silver A7493 OO Gauge Streamlined Diesel Rail Car Spares being built with full vacuumThe majority of these tank wagons were built between 1939 and 1944 as Class A wagons for aviation fuel, being 17ft 6inch long on a 10ft wheelbase fitted with RCH either side braking and split oil axle boxes. The tank was 7ft 2inch diameter containing 4275 gallons saddle mounted with two small platforms on the top of the tank. After the war and around 1947, surplus tank wagons were converted to Class B fitted with heating coils to help discharge of