GWR 2504 Milk Tank Wagon

GWRGreat Western Railway 2504 Milk Tank Wagon
GWRGreat Western Railway 2504 Milk Tank Wagon
Built By	GWRGreat Western Railway Swindon
Status	Awaiting restoration
Number	2504
Other Numbers	W2504, 061067
History
Built	1924
Diagram	O38
Lot	1486
Type	6-wheel Milk tank
Capacity	13 tons
Telegraphic code	MILTANK
TOPS code	MTZ
1995	Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway
Goods Wagons

Milk tanks were privately owned by dairies and mounted on railway owned chassis. This 6 wheel GWRGreat Western Railway chassis, type MILTANK, was built in 1932 at Swindon to Diagram O38 Lot 1486and carries a 3000 gallon "glass lined" (vitreous enamelled) steel tank, originally supplied for United Dairies.

It was acquired in 1995 by The GWR 813 Preservation Fund, arriving on the SVRSevern Valley Railway on 22 November of that year from Swansea Landore Diesel Depot where it had been used as a waste oil carrier.

Photographed stored at Bewdley, awaiting restoration.

See also

List of goods wagons

Links

• 2504 on www.gwr813.org
• 2504 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line