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Hi All,

0In Summer 1962 six or so Standard 2-6-4 Tank Locos in the 80000 number series were allocated to Old Oak Common.

What were these used for?

Were they regarded as, and used as, equivalents to the GWR 61xx tanks, or did they have a specific use?

Many thanks
Best regards
Paul

The BR 2-6-4s class 4T were use mainly for Local suburban and Commuter traffic........John

According to the RCTS book on Standard tank locos 21 Std 4 tanks were transferred to the Western Region in July 1962. The six sent to Old Oak Common were stored although limited use was made of three of them (80070, 80098 and 80131) on ECS duties to Paddington. All six were transferred away by November 1962 to either Cros Newydd or Shrewsbury

Thanks Mike,
To give a bit of variety on the suburban trains on my layout, from 61xxs and class117 DMUs, I might say that a few "tests" of the Standards were made on the Reading trains!

Best regards
Paul

That alright paul your welcome. The question was what were they used for I thought. John