Revolution TUA TU013A 51ton Caustic Soda Tank Wagon, ICI Faded Tiger - OO Gauge OO-TUA-203
$31.5
$61.74
Description Rainbow Railways Exclusive produced by Revolution Trains TUA TU013A 51ton ATO Tank Wagon Livery: ICI Faded - TIGER Wagon running number 70719 Cat No: OO-TUA-203 OO Gauge There were 28 TUA wagons built by Standard Wagon of Heywood in Lancashire in 1977, to the design code TU013A. They had a gross weight of 51 tonnes and featured Gloucester pedestal suspension. The wagons were built for TRL and leased by them to ICI for use on caustic soda delivery trains from their Mond works in Cheshire. The barrels were painted in ICI’s dark transport blue, with orange solebars, and prominent TRL/ICI ‘Mond Division’ lettering. The wagons were used largely in Speedlink services to customers across Britain, with destinations including Corkickle, Haverton Hill, Dalry, Grangemouth, Purfleet, Seal Sands and Wigton. The models will feature NEM couplers, RP25 wheelsets with 26mm axles (for simple EM/P4 conversion and high levels of detailing with numerous separately fitted plastic and photo-etched parts.
