102 ton Bogie Presflo Cement Tank Wagon.
DETAILS FOR THIS VEHICLE.
Location : Hoo Junction Up Yard.
Date : 19/10/1986.
Type : Bogie Presflo Cement Tank.
Weight : 102 t GLW / 22.3t Tare.
Number : BCC 9755.
Number Series : BCC 9700 to BCC 9766 (ex LS 9700 to LS 9766).
Builder : 1969-70 by Metro-Cammell Ltd, Washwood Heath Works, Birmingham.
TOPS Code : PDA (later JCA).
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
Two batches of these "Double Dimple" presflo cement tanks were constructed to coincide with the opening of Europe's largest cement works at Northfleet on the Kent side of the Thames Estuary in the late 1960's, alas the site has now been cleared but in its heyday these wagons worked over a large area of South East England distributing bulk cement to Blue Circle Cement Co. terminals.
The first batch built by Met-Cam in 1969-70 (as seen above) were initially owned by BRT (British Railways Traffic & Electric Co.) and leased to APCM (Associated Portland Cement Manufacturing Co.) which late became just Blue Circle Cement. They initially ran with private owner numbers in a pre-TOPS 20xxx number range but once the yellow plate private owner numbering was introduced they became 9700 to 9766 and gained the prefixed LS (Lloyds & Scottish) as BRT sold the tanks and contract with APCM to the bank owned leasing company, (the prancing horse and Scottish Thistle logo of the lease company is still visible on the far tank barrel end above).
APCM were one of the first major cement producers to move away from BR owned low capacity 36 tonne cement wagons into the larger 50 tonne and 102 tonne vehicles and had there own classification system with two letter prefixes BV, LA, PD, and PF. To the cement industry these depressed centre tanks were known as Chevron pattern or class DP vehicles the DP in this case simply standing for "Depressed".
The second batch built in 1971-72 were just about identical but were owned by APCM from the outset and carried numbers APCM 9500 to APCM 9549. BR later designated these vehicles design code PD001A and the earlier vehicles PD001B.
102 ton Bogie Presflo Cement Tank Wagon.
DETAILS FOR THIS VEHICLE.
Location : Hoo Junction Up Yard.
Date : 19/10/1986.
Type : Bogie Presflo Cement Tank.
Weight : 102 t GLW / 22.3t Tare.
Number : BCC 9755.
Number Series : BCC 9700 to BCC 9766 (ex LS 9700 to LS 9766).
Builder : 1969-70 by Metro-Cammell Ltd, Washwood Heath Works, Birmingham.
TOPS Code : PDA (later JCA).
ADDITIONAL NOTES.
Two batches of these "Double Dimple" presflo cement tanks were constructed to coincide with the opening of Europe's largest cement works at Northfleet on the Kent side of the Thames Estuary in the late 1960's, alas the site has now been cleared but in its heyday these wagons worked over a large area of South East England distributing bulk cement to Blue Circle Cement Co. terminals.
The first batch built by Met-Cam in 1969-70 (as seen above) were initially owned by BRT (British Railways Traffic & Electric Co.) and leased to APCM (Associated Portland Cement Manufacturing Co.) which late became just Blue Circle Cement. They initially ran with private owner numbers in a pre-TOPS 20xxx number range but once the yellow plate private owner numbering was introduced they became 9700 to 9766 and gained the prefixed LS (Lloyds & Scottish) as BRT sold the tanks and contract with APCM to the bank owned leasing company, (the prancing horse and Scottish Thistle logo of the lease company is still visible on the far tank barrel end above).
APCM were one of the first major cement producers to move away from BR owned low capacity 36 tonne cement wagons into the larger 50 tonne and 102 tonne vehicles and had there own classification system with two letter prefixes BV, LA, PD, and PF. To the cement industry these depressed centre tanks were known as Chevron pattern or class DP vehicles the DP in this case simply standing for "Depressed".
The second batch built in 1971-72 were just about identical but were owned by APCM from the outset and carried numbers APCM 9500 to APCM 9549. BR later designated these vehicles design code PD001A and the earlier vehicles PD001B.