7F-062-001 Class A Anchor Mounted Tank British Petroleum sc Square axles for perfect wheel

Square axles for perfect wheel quartering

The series of models being manufactured by Dapol are to the later Churchward build from numbers 5390 through to 7321

In 1980 the Scottish Region Class 122 were converted to carry parcels and reclassified as Class 131

In all 996 were produced between 1953 and 1962 at the BR works at Crewe

7F-062-001 Class A Anchor Mounted Tank British Petroleum sc Square axles for perfect wheelIn 1944 a new specification was agreed between the private owners the Petroleum Board and British Railways, the major difference from the 1927 design being that the saddle and cradle timbers, and the end stanchions were abandoned, and the tank anchored to the underframe by a central steel anchor of riveted or welded construction the so called anchor mounting. The supporting saddles were also fabricated from steel. The majority were built 1949 and into