Colwick Oil Terminals

[lather]

Over the years, various companies have had oil terminals at Colwick, just to the east of Nottingham. Besides the long-lived Total terminal, there's also been ones for Shell, Esso and Petrofina.  One thing I can't seem to find anywhere is info on what types of fuel they handled. Many years ago (1980s and 1990s), I used to go to Nottingham by train a lot, and remember seeing trains of very grubby TEAs rumbling through the station. Given the colour, I assume that they were Class B tanks, but most of them were so filthy they could well have been Class A ones in need of a really good wash!

 

So, does anyone know just what fuels the various terminals used to handle? Were they all Class B for stuff like heating oil, or did they also handle Class A products like petrol and diesel too? And what about LPG?

[BR traction instructor]

The Paul Shannon Freight Only series ought to offer at least an insight. I’ve checked my David Ratcliffe consists book but to no avail.

 

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[Mike 84C]

I used to load out of Total and Texaco at Colwick and they both supplied class A & B fuels. I worked for a Total distributor ( Chandlers Oil & Gas in Grantham) from about 2000 till 2006/7 and the Total terminal carried on for a number of years after I left.