Non-Pool Freight Stock 1948-1968 Volume
2: Privately-Owned
and European Vehicles (Including ICI, Regent, Shell-Mex and BP)
The first five Kestrel Railway Books volumes
by David Larkin looked at the revenue-earning wagon fleet
operated by British Railways and its successor, British Rail. These were followed by a series of three
books looking at the specially-designed wagons that
were used for track maintenance, and then three volumes
covering the parcels and passenger-rated stock. Now we see the second of two
books covering the ex-private owner fleet.
When BR was created, it was intended that it should own all
railway rolling stock, but legal action by some of the larger wagon-owning
companies delayed things until 1951.
Non-Pool wagons were defined as privately-owned wagons allowed to run
over railways owned or operated by the British Transport Commission. This series sets out the types of wagon
eligible to be classified as Non-Pool, and lists them alphabetically with
details of numbers carried, capacity and registration details where known.
Volume 1
covers owners with initials A to H, and Volume 2 deals with the remaining
owners.
Softback: 96 pages
273
x 215mm
978-1-905505-41-8
Price: £16.00
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Extra: A pdf file recording Shell-BP tank wagons recorded at Falmouth Docks in
August 1968 can be downloaded here.