31 ton Engineers Ballast Wagon. 'Crab'.
DETAILS FOR THIS VEHICLE.
Location : Three Bridges PAD Yard.
Date : 25/05/1987.
Type : Open Ballast Wagon.
Weight : 31t GLW / 10t Tare.
Number : DB 991301.
Number Series : DB 991301 to DB 991320.
Builder : 1949 by BR Ashford Works.
Rebuilt : 1983-84 by BR New Cross Gate C&W Works.
TOPS Code : ZCV.
Fishkind Code : CRAB.
Lot no. : 2102.
Diagram no. : 1/570.
Design Code : ZC513A.
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
The BR Civil Engineers Department were adept at converting and adapting redundant former revenue fleet vehicles for engineers use. That said they also sort to update some existing engineers stock with life extension work including a re-bodying programme. A classic example of this is the ZCV 'Crab'. These wagons were rebuilt for the BR Southern Region RCE Department. The donor vehicles being ZBV 'Lamprey' plus some ZBV/ZBO 'Grampus'. The work involved new steel floors and stronger fixed sides replacing the drop side doors which were often damaged by digger buckets. Surprisingly the end doors were retained for some reason although never used. Most also gained Oleo buffers and roller bearings while unfitted donors were rebuilt with vacuum brakes.
From lot no.2102 covering numbers DB 991301 to DB 991320 a total of 16 ZBV 'Lamprey' out of 20 built were rebuilt as ZCV 'Crab'. 231 ZBV 'Lamprey' were built for BR in total in three lots. Of those 58 were eventually rebuilt as ZCV 'Crab' in the 1983-84 period.
31 ton Engineers Ballast Wagon. 'Crab'.
DETAILS FOR THIS VEHICLE.
Location : Three Bridges PAD Yard.
Date : 25/05/1987.
Type : Open Ballast Wagon.
Weight : 31t GLW / 10t Tare.
Number : DB 991301.
Number Series : DB 991301 to DB 991320.
Builder : 1949 by BR Ashford Works.
Rebuilt : 1983-84 by BR New Cross Gate C&W Works.
TOPS Code : ZCV.
Fishkind Code : CRAB.
Lot no. : 2102.
Diagram no. : 1/570.
Design Code : ZC513A.
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
The BR Civil Engineers Department were adept at converting and adapting redundant former revenue fleet vehicles for engineers use. That said they also sort to update some existing engineers stock with life extension work including a re-bodying programme. A classic example of this is the ZCV 'Crab'. These wagons were rebuilt for the BR Southern Region RCE Department. The donor vehicles being ZBV 'Lamprey' plus some ZBV/ZBO 'Grampus'. The work involved new steel floors and stronger fixed sides replacing the drop side doors which were often damaged by digger buckets. Surprisingly the end doors were retained for some reason although never used. Most also gained Oleo buffers and roller bearings while unfitted donors were rebuilt with vacuum brakes.
From lot no.2102 covering numbers DB 991301 to DB 991320 a total of 16 ZBV 'Lamprey' out of 20 built were rebuilt as ZCV 'Crab'. 231 ZBV 'Lamprey' were built for BR in total in three lots. Of those 58 were eventually rebuilt as ZCV 'Crab' in the 1983-84 period.