23 ton Diagram P8
196 was chosen to carry the name of Major General Errol Lonsdale who was the then chief of Army transport
and the experiment began with the conversion of ten former Great Northern five-compartment six-wheeled coaches
Withdrawn in October 1965 and only the fifth locomotive to leave Woodham Brothers’ scrapyard in South Wales
with thistle emblems at each end of the van
APCM Cemflo/PCV Powder Cement Wagon - Blue Circle Cement - Pack 2 Wagon Archive 23 ton Diagram P8Built 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 The last Cemflo PCV wagons were withdrawn from service in mid 1988.