PCA Bulk Cement - Rugby Cement - Pack 4 Livery_Blue Blackened metal 12

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8763 was treated to full mixed traffic lining as its duties included working empty coaching stock in and out of London Paddington

36 other ‘refurbished’ machines were outshopped by the ‘Plant’ in the same ‘red stripe’ scheme with Bescot’s 31301 re-entering traffic after its makeover in June 1987

While its next stop was Thornaby

PCA Bulk Cement - Rugby Cement - Pack 4 Livery_Blue Blackened metal 12Built 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.