Cavalex Models TEA Weathered Single

102T TEA Bogie Tank Wagon (Weathered edition) Single

Manufacturer catalogue image - please note that pre-release images may be CAD renders or CGI/AI images rather than photographs

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

Model details

Cavalex Models 102T TEA Bogie Tank Wagon – Weathered edition (single unit) is a scale model representing a British Rail sectorisation‑era tank wagon. The model is finished in a weathered livery and carries the manufacturer part number TEA Weathered Single.

The prototype wagons were built by The Standard Wagon Company for Total Oil in the late 1980s. Two production batches were made: numbers 85930–85944 (design code TE009D) and numbers 85960–85974 (design code TE009F), all fitted with Gloucester GPS 25 bogies.

In service from the late 1980s, the wagons operated across the network, handling oil from refineries such as Immingham, Milford Haven and Robeston to terminals at Leeds, Kinsbury (Birmingham), Westerleigh (South Gloucestershire), Bedworth (Warwickshire), Colwick (near Nottingham) and Jarrow (South Tyneside). They were also used on regular flows from Holybourne to Fawley via Eastleigh, and continue to be owned and operated by VTG, serving the Lindsey oil refinery.

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