APCM Cemflo/PCV Powder Cement Wagon - Blue Circle Cement - Pack 3 Mark 5 another pair of Class 60s

another pair of Class 60s was made ready for collection

his preferred colour being Crimson Lake

Other differences were less apparent

it lost its Hercules name in order to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of the composer Sir Edward Elgar – who had no connection with Brunel’s famous railway

but in a welcome change a standard cast nameplate was applied instead of transfers

APCM Cemflo/PCV Powder Cement Wagon - Blue Circle Cement - Pack 3 Mark 5 another pair of Class 60sBuilt between 1961 and 1965 for Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers (APCM), the Cemflo PCV wagons are probably best known for their use on trains of Blue Circle cement from Cliffe, in Kent, to Uddingston on the outskirts of Glasgow. During their working lives, they also supplied a number of other locations, including Aberdeen, Dewsbury, Dundee, Grangemouth, Sunderland, and Widnes. The last Cemflo PCV wagons were withdrawn from service in mid 1988.