Keith Turton's History of Warwickshire's Industrial Railways, Sidings and Private Owner Wagons

Birmingham Gas Works: misc_kt384

This is one of 75 wagons built by Thomas Burnett of Doncaster in 1913. It typifies the early attempt to standardise the wagon fleet and tailor it to the unloading facilities at the various gasworks with side, end and bottom doors to suit rotary or hydraulic tippers and hoists. The standardised livery was black with white letters, sometimes shaded red. Empty returns are to the Butterley Colliery in Derbyshire.

Keith Turton

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