102t Bogie Aggregate Hopper Wagon.
DETAILS FOR THIS VEHICLE.
Location : Hoo Junction Up Yard.
Date : 27/03/1988.
Type : Bogie Aggregate Hopper.
Weight : 102t GLW / 26.9t Tare.
Number : MAR 17713.
Number Series : MAR 17713 to MAR 17722.
Builder : 1983 by W.H. Davis Ltd, Langwith Jn. Works.
TOPS Code : PHA (later JHA).
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
The big boys of sand and gravel fleet were the PHA high set discharge bogie hoppers used to move sea dredged aggregates from two terminals on the Thames Estuary. Two companies had small fleets of these wagons serving depots and concrete batching plants in London and the South East. The oldest were the 1969 built Murphy Aggregates fleet operating originally out of Angerstein Wharf, Charlton but a close second was the 1970-71 Marinex fleet owned by Brett Marine and used from their loading terminal at Cliffe on the Isle of Grain, by the mid 1980's both terminals were shared.
The first batch of hoppers built in 1969 were lettered "Murphy Aggregates" but the second and third batches they had built in 1983 and 1989 respectfully were lettered 'Marcon Aggregates' as seen in this image. Marcon stood for "Murphy Aggregate Ready-mix Concrete" as most product was destined for concrete batching plants around London. At rail privatisation in 1996 there were 35 Marcon wagons and two years later the 3 batches built covering numbers MAR 17701 to MAR 17735 were sold to EWS. They renumbered the fleet 300701 to 300735 and reclassified them HLA but in reality many ran around with their original private owner numbers for many years as they remained in use with the same customer.
102t Bogie Aggregate Hopper Wagon.
DETAILS FOR THIS VEHICLE.
Location : Hoo Junction Up Yard.
Date : 27/03/1988.
Type : Bogie Aggregate Hopper.
Weight : 102t GLW / 26.9t Tare.
Number : MAR 17713.
Number Series : MAR 17713 to MAR 17722.
Builder : 1983 by W.H. Davis Ltd, Langwith Jn. Works.
TOPS Code : PHA (later JHA).
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
The big boys of sand and gravel fleet were the PHA high set discharge bogie hoppers used to move sea dredged aggregates from two terminals on the Thames Estuary. Two companies had small fleets of these wagons serving depots and concrete batching plants in London and the South East. The oldest were the 1969 built Murphy Aggregates fleet operating originally out of Angerstein Wharf, Charlton but a close second was the 1970-71 Marinex fleet owned by Brett Marine and used from their loading terminal at Cliffe on the Isle of Grain, by the mid 1980's both terminals were shared.
The first batch of hoppers built in 1969 were lettered "Murphy Aggregates" but the second and third batches they had built in 1983 and 1989 respectfully were lettered 'Marcon Aggregates' as seen in this image. Marcon stood for "Murphy Aggregate Ready-mix Concrete" as most product was destined for concrete batching plants around London. At rail privatisation in 1996 there were 35 Marcon wagons and two years later the 3 batches built covering numbers MAR 17701 to MAR 17735 were sold to EWS. They renumbered the fleet 300701 to 300735 and reclassified them HLA but in reality many ran around with their original private owner numbers for many years as they remained in use with the same customer.