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GAUGE 4mm:1ft
1977 to early 2000s
ERA
First impressions
CONSTRUCTED IN 1977, the Standard Wagon 51t TUA wagon was leased to ICI by Tiger Rail/TRL for Caustic Soda liquor distribution from ICI Mond works before being transferred to ATO Chemicals. What gives this small fleet of two-axle tank wagons something of an interesting twist is their use as china clay slurry tank wagons.
Initially, 12 wagons were modified and leased to English China Clays in 1988, where they could be found working on long distance flows between Burngullow,
