36 tonne Presflo Cement Tank Wagon.
DETAILS FOR THIS VEHICLE.
Location : Salisbury Goods Yard.
Date : 01/10/1988.
Type : Presflo Cement Tank.
Weight : 36 t GLW / 13.4t Tare.
Number : B 888711.
Number Series : B 888581 to B 888880.
Builder : 1958-59 by Central Wagon Co.
TOPS Code : CPV.
Designation : CEMENT or PRESFLO CEMENT.
Lot no. : 3175.
Diagram no. : 1/272.
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
British Railways built a fleet of 1,952 36ton Presflo Cement Tanks but unlike many other BR vehicles the Presflo's were one of the few BR wagon types to carry private owner advertising for the company they were in regular use with. Common ones being APCM, Blue Circle and Tunnel Cement but some smaller fleets existed like Crown Cement , Rugby Cement and Pozzolanic.
These smaller capacity wagons survived into the 1980's and APCM/Blue Circle maintained their own fleets numbered in the private owner series APCM 8601 to APCM 8828 as well as using BR owned vehicles. The market downturn for UK produced cement in the late 1980's caused by cheap imports from Southern Europe spelt the end for these wagons. The vehicle seen here in Salisbury Goods Yard was one used on the Pitstone to Southampton flow but was stored after the arrival of the KHA twin silo wagons owned by STS in 1986.
36 tonne Presflo Cement Tank Wagon.
DETAILS FOR THIS VEHICLE.
Location : Salisbury Goods Yard.
Date : 01/10/1988.
Type : Presflo Cement Tank.
Weight : 36 t GLW / 13.4t Tare.
Number : B 888711.
Number Series : B 888581 to B 888880.
Builder : 1958-59 by Central Wagon Co.
TOPS Code : CPV.
Designation : CEMENT or PRESFLO CEMENT.
Lot no. : 3175.
Diagram no. : 1/272.
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
British Railways built a fleet of 1,952 36ton Presflo Cement Tanks but unlike many other BR vehicles the Presflo's were one of the few BR wagon types to carry private owner advertising for the company they were in regular use with. Common ones being APCM, Blue Circle and Tunnel Cement but some smaller fleets existed like Crown Cement , Rugby Cement and Pozzolanic.
These smaller capacity wagons survived into the 1980's and APCM/Blue Circle maintained their own fleets numbered in the private owner series APCM 8601 to APCM 8828 as well as using BR owned vehicles. The market downturn for UK produced cement in the late 1980's caused by cheap imports from Southern Europe spelt the end for these wagons. The vehicle seen here in Salisbury Goods Yard was one used on the Pitstone to Southampton flow but was stored after the arrival of the KHA twin silo wagons owned by STS in 1986.