36 tonne Bagged Cement Box Van.
DETAILS FOR THIS VEHICLE.
Location : Westbury Cement Works.
Date : 18/04/1992.
Type : Bagged Cement Van.
Weight : 36 t GLW / 11.5t Tare.
Number : APCM 6253.
Number Series : APCM 6201 to APCM 6296.
Builder : 1964 by Standard Wagon Co. Heywood Works, Lancashire.
TOPS Code : PVV.
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
APCM (Associated Portland Cement Manufacturing Co.) operated a fleet of 95 box vans to convey bagged cement. The company classified them as class BV vehicles which simply meant Box Van" they initially carried APCM numbers BV001 to BV096 but under TOPS renumbering became APCM 6201 to APCM 6296. The wagons were designed to take pallets loaded by forklift truck. They were a common sight in Kent with workings from Swanscombe, Stone (near Dartford) and Holborough but the fact they were vacuum braked meant the increasing use of air braked stock made them non standard and by the late 70's early 80's the road haulage industry largely made them redundant. APCM sold the vehicles to Railease Ltd for scrap value but the underframes were still serviceable so Railease rebuilt 31 of them as air braked vehicles. Six became RLS 6297 to RLS 6302 TOPS code PMA and were a 36 ton open ballast wagon. The next 14 numbered RLS 6304 to RLS 6316 were TOPS code PRA a 38 tonne china clay hood wagon. The final batch of 11 were another fleet of PMA open ballast wagons numbered in the RLS 6317 to RLS 6327.
36 tonne Bagged Cement Box Van.
DETAILS FOR THIS VEHICLE.
Location : Westbury Cement Works.
Date : 18/04/1992.
Type : Bagged Cement Van.
Weight : 36 t GLW / 11.5t Tare.
Number : APCM 6253.
Number Series : APCM 6201 to APCM 6296.
Builder : 1964 by Standard Wagon Co. Heywood Works, Lancashire.
TOPS Code : PVV.
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
APCM (Associated Portland Cement Manufacturing Co.) operated a fleet of 95 box vans to convey bagged cement. The company classified them as class BV vehicles which simply meant Box Van" they initially carried APCM numbers BV001 to BV096 but under TOPS renumbering became APCM 6201 to APCM 6296. The wagons were designed to take pallets loaded by forklift truck. They were a common sight in Kent with workings from Swanscombe, Stone (near Dartford) and Holborough but the fact they were vacuum braked meant the increasing use of air braked stock made them non standard and by the late 70's early 80's the road haulage industry largely made them redundant. APCM sold the vehicles to Railease Ltd for scrap value but the underframes were still serviceable so Railease rebuilt 31 of them as air braked vehicles. Six became RLS 6297 to RLS 6302 TOPS code PMA and were a 36 ton open ballast wagon. The next 14 numbered RLS 6304 to RLS 6316 were TOPS code PRA a 38 tonne china clay hood wagon. The final batch of 11 were another fleet of PMA open ballast wagons numbered in the RLS 6317 to RLS 6327.