19850223_ZD_AdrianNicols
31 ton Engineers Ballast Wagon. 'DACE'.
DETAILS FOR THIS VEHICLE., Location : Tonbridge West Yard., Date : 30/04/1993., Type : Engineers Ballast Wagon., Weight : 31t GLW / 10.1t Tare., Number : DB 726261., Number Series : B 726xxx Series (172 converted)., Builder : 1962 by BR Derby Works., TOPS Code : ZCV (ex OUV/SUV)., Fishkind : DACE., Lot no. : 3429., Diagram no. 1/058., , ADDITIONAL NOTES., The Southern Region Chief Civil Engineers created the "DACE" wagons from surplus open goods wagons for carrying railway ballast from Meldon Quarry to Southern Region destinations. They were surplus 'SHOCHOOD B' wagons fitted with shock absorbing body springs and a nylon tarpaulin cover. The modification to carry railway ballast saw the hood support rail removed and some internal strengthening but that was about it. Conversions started in 1981 at either Hoo Junction or New Cross Gate and before long the shock absorbing capability was deemed unnecessary so the body was welded to the solebar at each end. 172 wagons were converted and put in just over 10 years service before more modern air braked wagons were available to replace them like the 'SEA URCHIN', 'SEA HORSE' and 'SEA HARE' ZCA's. By the mid 1990's they were extinct and none survived into the privatisation era.
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