Description
Hornby TT6071 Power Petrolium - 12T Tank Wagon - Triple Pack TT Gauge
Anticipated Release date: AUTUMN 26 Subject to change.
Product Info
Get three lots of silver power in this Power Petroleum 12T Tank Wagon Triple Pack, with models numbered 118, 119 and 120. They represent wagons from the early 20th century.
Bulk liquid in various forms such as petroleum, oil, and chemicals transported via wagons have been a perennial feature of British Railways, with a multitude of privately owned companies owning fleets of tanker wagons brandished in their own paint schemes.
Power Petroleum Company, formed in 1923 for the distribution of imported Russian oil, was no different, painting their wagons silver with green lettering.
Model Specification:
- Detailed models of 12T Tank wagon
- Rivetted tank design
- Separately fitted parts such as retaining wires and underframe equipment
- Tiebar between axle boxes
- Kinematic NEM couplings
- Minimum 2nd radius, but capable of traversing 1st radius.
Livery:
- Power Petroleum silver
- Accurate livery colours and typefaces
- Era 3.
History:
Established in 1923 for the distribution across the UK of oil from Russia, Power Petroleum was acquired by Shell Mex and BP in 1934 and continued to use the name for marketing Power brand fuel until the 1960s. Each tank wagon in the triple-pack has a different running number to help build realistic trains of similar wagons.
Tech Specs
- Item Length - Without Packaging (cm)
- 19.5
- Item Height - Without Packaging (cm)
- 3.2
- Item Width - Without Packaging (cm)
- 2.3
- Item Scale
- 1:120 Scale
- Minimum Curve (mm)
- Radius 1
- Coupling Type
- NEM Coupling
