LBSCR 424 Billinton 3500 gallon

Present Location	Bluebell
Designed For	LBSCR
Type & Original Water Capacity	Billinton 3500 gallon
Original Coal Capacity (tons)	4
Chassis Build Date	1908
Chassis Type	Billinton 3 axle
Wheelbase	6ft 6in + 6ft 6in
Gauge	4ft 8 1/2in
Tank Fitted Date	2019
Scoop Fitted	Never Fitted
Allocated To	32424 LBSC H2 class 4-4-2 (being built)
First Number	Unknown
Present Number	424
Other numbers	ADS3202
Owner	Bluebell Railway
Status	Operating
Notes	Converted for departmental use in 1952 as a mobile load bank for testing diesel shunters and later Southern Region DEMUs and numbered ADS3202. For this role it had the middle wheels and tank removed and a body built on it containing the test equipment. Withdrawn from departmental service in 1984. Now being rebuilt to run with new build LBSCR H2 class Atlantic no 32424. It will be fitted with a tank carrying 3500 gallons of water and 4 tons of coal. The number carried is the number given to the tender by the Southern Railway. The tender was reported as complete apart from BR crest and varnishing in Steam Railway magazine no 536 Sept/Oct 2022. The loco is expected to steam in 2024
Date Record Last Updated	25/07/2024

As converted to Mobile Load Bank. Martin Allan 1985

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