Britain’s railways have long been used to transport oil and petroleum products and the 45 Ton Tank Wagons, later given the TOPS code TTA, were introduced by British Rail to replace an ageing fleet of private owner tank wagons of various design. Used extensively throughout Britain for many decades, the final examples have recently been withdrawn from traffic.
This Bachmann Branchline model features finely moulded catwalks, end ladders and footsteps and separately fitted brake gear, linkage and hand brake levers.