Cavalex Models KBA01 WB DP

KBA Barrier Wagon Double Pack

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Prototype Era
Era 11 (2016 to 2026) The Last Days of Privatisation

Manufacturer description

Produced by Cavalex

Built in the late 1980s by The Standard Wagon Company for Total Oil.

Built in two batches, numbered 85930 – 85944 and design code TE009D and 85960 – 85974 TE009F and fitted with Gloucester GPS 25 bogies.

Since their introduction into service in the late 1980s, these bogie tank wagons have seen use throughout the network from Wales in the west, the south coast right up to the north east of England.

Some examples:

Oil refinery at Immingham to storage terminals around the country including; Leeds, Kinsbury (Birmingham), Westerleigh (South Gloucestershire), Bedworth (Warwichshire), Colwick (near Nottingham) and Jarrow (South Tyneside).

Milford Haven/Robeston oil refinery – Westerleigh (South Gloucestershire), Theale (West Berkshire) and Bedworth (Between Coventry and Nuneaton)

Eastleigh area being used on the regular flows from Holybourne to Fawley until the flow ceased a few years ago.

VTG currently own the wagons are they are still in operation today being seen working out of the Lindsey oil refinery.

In addition, four TEA tank wagons have been converted to KBA barrier wagons for use with new S-Stock Underground transfers. The KBA wagons are numbers; 85937, 85933, 85936 and 85943.

Catalogue listing

Cavalex Models KBA Barrier Wagon Double Pack (Manufacturer Part Number KBA01 WB DP) represents a current‑era model of bogie tank wagons originally built in the late 1980s by The Standard Wagon Company for Total Oil.

The wagons were produced in two batches, numbered 85930‑85944 (design code TE009D) and 85960‑85974 (design code TE009F), and are fitted with Gloucester GPS 25 bogies. Since their introduction they have operated across the UK rail network, from Wales in the west to the north‑east of England, serving routes such as Immingham refinery to storage terminals at Leeds, Kinsbury (Birmingham), Westerleigh (South Gloucestershire), Bedworth (Warwickshire), Colwick (near Nottingham) and Jarrow (South Tyneside).

Additional deployments have included the Milford Haven/Robeston oil refinery to Westerleigh, Theale (West Berkshire) and Bedworth, as well as regular flows from Holybourne to Fawley via the Eastleigh area until those services ceased a few years ago. The wagons are presently owned by VTG and remain in operation, notably out of the Lindsey oil refinery.

Four TEA tank wagons (numbers 85937, 85933, 85936 and 85943) have been converted to KBA barrier wagons for use with the new S‑Stock underground transfer system.