Cavalex Models TEA Grey Single

102T TEA Bogie Tank Wagon (Grey) Single

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Prototype Era
Era 8 (1983 to 1994) British Rail Sectorisation

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 102T TEA Bogie Tank Wagon (Grey) Single is a replica of a British Rail sector‑era oil tank wagon. The model bears the part number “TEA Grey Single” and represents wagons built for Total Oil by The Standard Wagon Company in the late 1980s.

The original wagons were produced in two batches – numbers 85930‑85944 (design code TE009D) and 85960‑85974 (design code TE009F) – and were fitted with Gloucester GPS 25 bogies. After entering service in the late 1980s they operated widely across the network, from Wales to the south coast and up to the north‑east of England, serving terminals such as Immingham, Leeds, Kinsbury, Westerleigh, Bedworth, Colwick and Jarrow, as well as routes from Milford Haven, Robeston and Eastleigh.

The fleet remains in use today under the ownership of VTG, operating from the Lindsey oil refinery. Four units (numbers 85937, 85933, 85936 and 85943) have been converted to KBA barrier wagons for S‑Stock underground transfers.