38-782 20T Anchor-Mounted Tank Wagon 'Mobil' Silver No.5349 Class-170 Brian Souter

Brian Souter

Network South East

92mm machine gun in the turret

yellow and red details

DeHavilland Mosquito FB MkIV

38-782 20T Anchor-Mounted Tank Wagon 'Mobil' Silver No.5349 Class-170 Brian SouterEarly 14 Ton Tank Wagons with timber saddles, cradles and wire hawsers were built in response to the need for oil products to fuel Britains rapid development during the early twentieth century, along with two world wars. As the hostilities of World War Two drew to a close, a new design of tank with a central anchor mechanism securing the tank to the chassis was agreed between the private operators, the Petroleum Board and the railway companies.