John Dedman recorded on film many of the cement workings that could be seen around
this port city.
33102 and 33107 are crossing Bishops Dyke on the approach to Beaulieu Road in the
New Forest with the 6V94 18:32 Poole to Westbury Blue Circle Cement Presflos on 19th
July 1979. This train ran twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and was often
double headed with a pair of Class 33s. JOHN DEDMAN
In the 1980s there were three cement terminals in Southampton. Blue Circle had a terminal
in the Down Yard which is now the location of the South Western Railway Northam Traincare
Depot. This was served by services from Northfleet and Westbury. Tunnel Cement and
Rugby Cement both had their terminals in the Southampton Up Yard, Tunnel Cement was
served from Tring and Rugby Cement was served from Halling.
Services varied slightly over the years but there were about three trains a week to
each terminal. Blue Circle ran services to Poole and Hamworthy at various times. All
these services had ceased by the end of the 1980s. In the 2003 there was a short lived
Blue Circle service from Westbury to Millbrook with bi-modal wagons carrying lorry
trailers.
On Friday 29th March 1985, 33022 is departing from Southampton Up Yard with a rake
of Tunnel Cement vacuum braked Presflo wagons. It is the Monday, Wednesday and Friday
only 7M40 17:44 to Tring Cutting. Behind the wagons can be seen two more freight trains,
a mixed rake of air braked wagons forming a later Speedlink working to Eastleigh and
a trainload of Ford vehicles from the Eastleigh factory. On the skyline on the left
can be seen the Blue Circle cement silo with the orange silo of Rugby Cement in the
centre. JOHN DEDMAN
Passing through Eastleigh is the 6Y40 10:10 Southampton Down Yard to Northfleet B.C.I.
Normally a Wednesday only service in 1986, on this occasion it was running on Friday
13th June 1986. 33031 is hauling eleven Blue Circle PDA bogie cement wagons. PETER
MANTLE
73108 is at Southampton Up Yard shunting cement wagons to form 6Y80 09:46 to Halling
on 30th June 1984. These wagons are French built STS PCA wagons on hire to Rugby Cement.
Accurascale produce a good quality model of these wagons in OO gauge. JOHN DEDMAN
On 30th June 1984 73108 is at Worting Junction with 6Y80 09:46 Southampton Up Yard
to Halling Rugby Cement. A Procor PCA wagon has been added to the front of the train
before it left Sou
