BGT Manildra Glucose Tanker

BGT 1 as Manildra Starches glucose tanker. Graham Ball

This wagon was formerly BMT 1, a milk tanker. Manildra Group purchased the wagon off Dairy Farmers in the Late 1960’s.

Length: 40ft (12.2m) Tare: 28.5t Capacity: 23t Gross: 51.5t Equiv Length: 2

Bogies: 2BJ.

Coding:

- Coded BGT when converted to a Glucose tanker. Did not receive a ROA 4-letter code.

Colour Scheme:

- The tanks were painted white with blue lettering and featured a red band horizontally around the centerline of the tanks. Underframe and bogies were black.

Similar Vehicles: Modified from BMT 1 Milk Tanker

Period of Service: Late 1960’s till ?.

Operation:

Modelling:

The wagon could be modeled with a combination of LMR BMT kit parts and a petrol tanker underframe.

Plan: Outline Drawing BGT GA plan

Further reading:

- It is mentioned in an article on the BMT Tanker in the January/February 1979 of AMRM (Issue 94).

Close-up view of the bracing in the centre of the wagon. Graham Ball

Other side of BGT.