408493/1957 - British Rail No. 20 - BR Rail Blue Wagon Type_PTA/JTA+JUA Tippler 500 gal tender with numerous

500 gal tender with numerous variations including riveted and flush sides

brake gear

Wipers Fitted : Four

Bogies Fitted : Fabricated

multiple working socket on the nose

408493/1957 - British Rail No. 20 - BR Rail Blue Wagon Type_PTA/JTA+JUA Tippler 500 gal tender with numerousRuston 408493 was built new for British Railways Western Region, for use at the Signalling & Telecommunications Department workshops at Reading and was delivered on 19 January 1957. Taking the Departmental number 20, the locomotive spent its entire lifetime at Reading, housed under the Vastern Road bridge when not in use. Renumbered in 1973 under TOPS, to 97020, withdrawal came in April 1981 and the shunter was disposed of at Reading by Cartrights of