PCA Bulk Cement - Rugby Cement - Pack 8

PCA Bulk Cement - Rugby Cement - Pack 8Built by CFMF of France for wagon leasing company STS (later VTG), the 50 PCA bulk cement wagons of the PC017B design diagram began entering service in 1982. A further batch of 15 wagons was manufactured in 1985 by another French firm, Fauvet Girel, and assigned the PC017C design code. Companies such as Blue Circle and Rugby Cement have leased these vehicles during their time in traffic.

BR built a total of 875 of these Kernow icons across several batches from 1954 up until 1960

make operating your locomotives straightforward and enjoyable

Palace Gates and Blackheath

its rock star status meant that it was never long before it gained various accoutrements

This no doubt delighted the hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers who enjoyed haulage behind the locomotive for four decades until it was repainted into its as-delivered lined black in 2011

In 2018 it was also hired to Victa Railfreight for Peak Forest shunting work

From concept to delivery in little over 18 months the construction of this 100 strong class was nothing short of impressive

During June 2021

PowerPack stay-alive system and dual speaker configuration to reproduce the characteristic sound and function of an BR Class 50 at work

31285 was the first Class 31 to be out-shopped in NR yellow

2021 Hornby Magazine 'Best wagon of the Year' in OO

were made up to 16 vehicles