102 ton Bogie Aggregate Hopper Wagon.
DETAILS FOR THIS VEHICLE.
Location : Hoo Junction Up Yard.
Date : 27/03/1988.
Type : Bogie Aggregate Hopper.
Weight : 101.8t GLW / 27.1t Tare.
Number : ELC 17516.
Number Series : ELC 17501 to ELC 17520.
Builder : 1970-71 by Charles Roberts Ltd, Wakefield.
TOPS Code : PHA (later JHA).
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
Viewed in conjunction with the text of the previous image the other company using large 75t capacity bogie sand and gravel hoppers for sea dredged aggregates in the South East was Brett Marine Ltd. This company had a smaller fleet of 20 hoppers operating from their terminal at Cliffe on the Isle of Grain serving terminals in London and the South East. Unlike the Murphy/Marcon fleet the wagons were lower to the track with deeper hoppers and thus 10ft shorter as they operated to sites with bottom discharge hopper pits. Brett Marine despite having less wagons was actually a larger concern as it owned the dredgers operating in the Thames Estuary and North Sea as well as gravel pits in East Kent. The wagon fleet was never owned by Brett's and was instead leased from ELC (Equipment Leasing Company) when new they carried the lettering "Marinex Gravel' and for railwaymen in the North Kent area this rather stuck as years after losing the lettering the Brett and Murphy/Marcon fleets were simply known as Marinex wagons. The harsh nature of their load is born out in this image by the holes and rust blisters from sea water corrosion. Despite the sand and gravel passing through a washing plant before loading these wagons always seemed to rot pretty quickly. The end inspection hatch is open on this one for maintenance staff to access the braking equipment compartment.
102 ton Bogie Aggregate Hopper Wagon.
DETAILS FOR THIS VEHICLE.
Location : Hoo Junction Up Yard.
Date : 27/03/1988.
Type : Bogie Aggregate Hopper.
Weight : 101.8t GLW / 27.1t Tare.
Number : ELC 17516.
Number Series : ELC 17501 to ELC 17520.
Builder : 1970-71 by Charles Roberts Ltd, Wakefield.
TOPS Code : PHA (later JHA).
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
Viewed in conjunction with the text of the previous image the other company using large 75t capacity bogie sand and gravel hoppers for sea dredged aggregates in the South East was Brett Marine Ltd. This company had a smaller fleet of 20 hoppers operating from their terminal at Cliffe on the Isle of Grain serving terminals in London and the South East. Unlike the Murphy/Marcon fleet the wagons were lower to the track with deeper hoppers and thus 10ft shorter as they operated to sites with bottom discharge hopper pits. Brett Marine despite having less wagons was actually a larger concern as it owned the dredgers operating in the Thames Estuary and North Sea as well as gravel pits in East Kent. The wagon fleet was never owned by Brett's and was instead leased from ELC (Equipment Leasing Company) when new they carried the lettering "Marinex Gravel' and for railwaymen in the North Kent area this rather stuck as years after losing the lettering the Brett and Murphy/Marcon fleets were simply known as Marinex wagons. The harsh nature of their load is born out in this image by the holes and rust blisters from sea water corrosion. Despite the sand and gravel passing through a washing plant before loading these wagons always seemed to rot pretty quickly. The end inspection hatch is open on this one for maintenance staff to access the braking equipment compartment.