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Re: Water Wagon

"Graham Harrison" <edward.harrison1@remove.btinternet.com> wrote:

>6024 Preservation Society Ltd have their water wagon.   I saw it last year
>on the Yeovil Betrothal - not very pretty.   The web site doesn't seem to
>have been updated recently.   Is the wagon in use?   Or is it being clad in
>some way?


It has always been the intention to disguise it.  From the 6024
Preservation Society web site:


The WATER WAGON Project


One of the significant constraints on modern main line steam operation
is the lack of water troughs and wayside water columns, which were
removed at the end of the steam era in the 1960s. This means that
stops must now be scheduled in railtour itineraries to replenish water
at regular intervals typically every 60-80 miles. Water is usually
obtained from a suitable water main, road tanker or sometimes with the
aid of the local fire service. One of the operational problems is
locating suitable points at which a long train may be recessed to take
on water, without impeding scheduled passenger and freight traffic.

In order to circumvent these constraints, the 6024 Preservation
Society has embarked on a project to build a high capacity water
carrier which will give a range in excess of 220 miles without the
need to stop. With the aid of a lottery fund grant of £22,800, the
Society has acquired a redundant bogie container flat wagon, which is
air braked and suitable for 75mph operation. This wagon (former FJA no
601998 built at Ashford 1967 under Lot 3618) will be used as the basis
of the new water wagon onto which a superstructure to resemble a
parcels coach will be assembled. The completed wagon will have a
maximum gross laden weight of approximately 80 tons. "


http://www.6024.com/stock.htm

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