Tar Tankers (also referred to as Tar Wagons) are specialised wagons used for transporting tar.
History[]
In 1951, James crashed into a line of tar tankers after running out of control with a goods train.[1] Later in 1959, after Donald and Douglas arrived, the latter teased James for the event.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
The tar tankers are based on a William Briggs & Sons 14 ton bitumen wagon. These were built by Hurst Nelson of Motherwell for the Briggs Camperdown refinery in Dundee, Scotland.
The tar tankers' basis
Livery[]
The tar tankers are painted black.
Appearances[]
The Railway Series[]
- Toby the Tram Engine - Dirty Objects
- The Twin Engines - Break Van (mentioned)
Companion Volumes[]
- 1979 - Annual
- 1987 - The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways
- 2005 - Sodor: Reading Between the Lines (mentioned)
Gallery[]
The Railway Series[]
Main Series[]
James crashing into some tar tankers as illustrated by C. Reginald Dalby
Miscellaneous[]
One of the destroyed tar tankers next to James in the 1979 annual
References[]
- ↑ RWS #7 Toby the Tram Engine - "Dirty Objects"