ColHut Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Does anybody know if Independent Milk Supplies tank wagons were seen on 4 wheel chassis? regards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 I will defer to the more knowledgeable but from what I know, 4 wheel chassis for milk tanks were used early on until it was found that at express passenger speeds they were dreadfully unstable. The 6 wheel chassis was used thereafter. I recall seeing a video of a passenger train blasting through a station at full speed with 3 6 wheelers tacked on the end. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjnewitt Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 According to my records, no. I did a list covering milk tank diagrams and ownership details which can be found on my website. Whilst it focuses on the 6 wheel version it does list those that were converted from 4 wheel vehicles and the vast majority of these were for United Dairies. As brossard says the four wheel vehicles weren't a great idea and those that were built with two axles were either rebuilt into 6 wheel vehicles fairly quickly or the tanks reused on new underframes. Justin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColHut Posted June 2, 2017 Author Share Posted June 2, 2017 Thanks for that. I had been there and even book-marked your site, most interesting. I undestand some 4 wheelers survived post 1937 although which I do not know. The unbaffled tanks were especially unsatisfactory. regards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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