Tank wagons in the 1950's

[Wingman mothergoose]

I'm wondering what sort of tank wagons would be seen on BR in the 1948-1960 period. At the moment I have a short tanker train comprised of TTA tank wagons, representing the Fawley-Leicester Abbey Lane tanker trains that used to operate on the GC. I've read somewhere that the TTA design tank wagons weren't introduced until around 1958, so what sort of tanks would be appropriate for the earlier period?

Chris

[Agrippa]

Possibly the smaller 14 ton tank wagons with side bracing struts of which rtr versions are made by
Graham Farish and Peco.

[Wingman mothergoose]

That's what I suspected. Time to stick my TTA's on eBay then ;-)

Chris

[dodger]

All tank wagons in the yard at my local station were 14T version up to the mid 60's when the next generation came along. Not sure what the were but the same as the Dapol OO kit. By the Mid 70's they were a mixture of mostly 100T with a few 45T.

Dodger

[Newportnobby]

This site is very useful but beware, you can get lost in there for days on end

http://www.igg.org.uk/gansg/index.htm#apps

[Michael Hendle]

Hi
Don't forget to put either one or two steel open wagons between the locomotives tender and the first tank wagon and also one between the last take wagon and the gaurds van,the idea was any sparks or cinders would land harlessly in the open wagons,not sure why their was one between the last tank and the gaurds van though.
Mike

[Karhedron]

Slightly different but don't forget the Dapol milk tanker wagons. The plain silver ones were becoming more common during the 50s but some of the more colourful pre-war liveries were still about. You would need a passenger rated brake vehicle (normally a pre-nationalisation BG) for the guard.

[EtchedPixels]

Hi
Don't forget to put either one or two steel open wagons between the locomotives tender and the first tank wagon and also one between the last take wagon and the gaurds van,the idea was any sparks or cinders would land harlessly in the open wagons,not sure why their was one between the last tank and the gaurds van though.
Mike

Because as well as not setting the train on fire it was important not to blow up the train crew. They had unions back then too !