Catalogue information
Inscription: SHELL (one side); BP (opposite side) Version: Blue Riband; metal wheels with 3 holes; longer, flat buffers; rotatable couplings on the chassis. Variant: no ladders, no gantry (boiler platform), kettle filler cap, high valve. Manufacturer: made in China (on bottom). Example: this Class A boiler color (light stone or buff in literature) was used before the second world war. In the beginning with a red horizontal band all around; from 1939 only a red band on the head sides and part of the boiler. Note: Shell-Mex and BP Ltd was a joint marketing venture of SHELL and BP in England from 1932-1966. Separate marketing again after 1966; legally separated in 1976.
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