{"id":1125,"date":"2025-05-27T13:01:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/?page_id=1125"},"modified":"2025-09-20T11:03:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T11:03:21","slug":"rolling-stock","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/rolling-stock\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolling stock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are currently 46 items of rolling stock registered to run on the OBR, the majority of which are owned by industries connected to the railway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A breakdown of the stock is something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>8 x Coal (both 4-wheel and bogies)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6 x Tankers (both 4-wheel and bogies)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>14 x Various tubs and skips <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10 x Miscellaneous<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 x Military <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 x Guards vans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 x Passenger vehicles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tankers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The railway hosts a fleet of tanker wagons owned by P&amp;M Coal Tar Products, carrying all sorts of noxious substances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tankers.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"402\" src=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tankers-1024x402.jpg\" alt=\"Tankers owned by P&amp;M Coal Tar Products\" class=\"wp-image-1129\" srcset=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tankers-1024x402.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tankers-300x118.jpg 300w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tankers-768x301.jpg 768w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tankers.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tankers owned by P&amp;M Coal Tar Products<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Military trains<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The army&#8217;s Mechanised Fighting Force has a base connected to the OBR, and makes use of the railway to transport all manner of equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Miltrain.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"387\" src=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Miltrain-1024x387.jpg\" alt=\"A train carrying military equipment\" class=\"wp-image-1150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Miltrain-1024x387.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Miltrain-300x114.jpg 300w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Miltrain-768x291.jpg 768w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Miltrain.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A train carrying military equipment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coal <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Much coal is carried on the OBR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CoalTrain.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"521\" src=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CoalTrain-1024x521.jpg\" alt=\"A coal train\" class=\"wp-image-1156\" srcset=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CoalTrain-1024x521.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CoalTrain-300x153.jpg 300w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CoalTrain-768x390.jpg 768w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/CoalTrain.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A coal train<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Special vehicles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Some specialised vehicles run on the OBR, such a a long beam-bogie wagon that is used to transport unusual loads such as the beam for a steam pumping engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BeamBogie.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"436\" src=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BeamBogie-1024x436.jpg\" alt=\"Long beam bogie wagon\" class=\"wp-image-1149\" srcset=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BeamBogie-1024x436.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BeamBogie-300x128.jpg 300w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BeamBogie-768x327.jpg 768w, http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BeamBogie.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Long beam bogie wagon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are currently 46 items of rolling stock registered to run on the OBR, the majority of which are owned by industries connected to the railway. A breakdown of the stock is something like this: Tankers The railway hosts a fleet of tanker wagons owned by P&amp;M Coal Tar Products, carrying all sorts of noxious &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/rolling-stock\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rolling stock<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1125","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1125"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1237,"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1125\/revisions\/1237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/industrialmuseum.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}