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BARDON HILL QUARRY HOPPER WAGONS

he 1980s saw many of the rail-using quarrying companies introduce their own new high-capacity air-braked stone-carrying hopper wagons. One of the last to do so was Bardon Hill Quarries, who, in 1986, purchased the first, of what would become a fleet of 51 68.5 T capacity, 90T, glw bogie vehicles from wagon builder WH

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