Scrapping BP Tank Wagon

A BP tank wagon seen here having its tank cut in half and lifted from its chassis by a Komatsu machines big grab at the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railways back yard . The chassis from the tank wagon was retrieved and will go to the Peterhead prison carriage project the sole surviving convict van (one of four built in 1915) is to be restored as part of the "Rocks, Rouges, Rails and Refuge" project to explore this aspect of social and transport heritage. Once completed the van, and associated displays will become part of the Maud Railway Museum, in Aberdeenshire..