4wDH's S 10159/1963 and RR 10264/1966 at Pitstone Cement Works, Tring, Buckinghamshire.
The large cement works at Pitstone in Buckinghamshire was served by a short branch from from the West Coast Mainline north of Tring station located at Tring Cutting Exchange Sidings. The works was home to three industrials when this shot was taken in 1990 but sadly was only a little over a year from closure as the parent company RTZ (Rio Tinto Zinc) were able to import cheaper cement from Southern Europe. The works was established here in 1937 to take advantage of the abundant Chiltern chalk and was started by the Tunnel Cement Co. passing to Castle Cement in 1986. It specialized in the manufacture of white cement and sulfate resistant cement (Sulfacrete) until closure on 20/12/1991. The whole site is now a new housing estate with no trace of the works remaining.
This photo depicts two of the 4wDH's No.2 (S 10159/1963) and No.3 (RR 10264/1966) both products of the Sentinel Locomotive Works in Shrewsbury and still carrying their works swords on the radiator grills.
For those interested here is a link to the work history:
4wDH's S 10159/1963 and RR 10264/1966 at Pitstone Cement Works, Tring, Buckinghamshire.
The large cement works at Pitstone in Buckinghamshire was served by a short branch from from the West Coast Mainline north of Tring station located at Tring Cutting Exchange Sidings. The works was home to three industrials when this shot was taken in 1990 but sadly was only a little over a year from closure as the parent company RTZ (Rio Tinto Zinc) were able to import cheaper cement from Southern Europe. The works was established here in 1937 to take advantage of the abundant Chiltern chalk and was started by the Tunnel Cement Co. passing to Castle Cement in 1986. It specialized in the manufacture of white cement and sulfate resistant cement (Sulfacrete) until closure on 20/12/1991. The whole site is now a new housing estate with no trace of the works remaining.
This photo depicts two of the 4wDH's No.2 (S 10159/1963) and No.3 (RR 10264/1966) both products of the Sentinel Locomotive Works in Shrewsbury and still carrying their works swords on the radiator grills.
For those interested here is a link to the work history: