British Distillers grain Polybulk Diag E538

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In 1983 Distillers introduced a fleet of attractively painted 30 wagons that operated from East Anglia to Scotland, mainly for malting barley. They replaced the 4 wheel "Whisky covhops" http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/graincovhop As can be seen there were two distinctive ownership brandings, DISTILLERS COMPANY (CEREALS) LIMITED and SCOTTISH MALT DISTILLERS LIMITED.
The traffic ceased in 1991. Some of the complex operation and history is discussed in Ratcliffe DR (2012) Let the grain take the train. Rail Express no. 191 April, pp 14 - 21

33 70 928 000-8 SMDL grain polybulk @ York Dringhouses 83-05-29 � Paul Bartlett [1w]

33 70 928 000-8 SMDL grain polybulk @ York Dringhouses 83-05-29 � Paul Bartlett [2w]

33 70 928 005-7 SMDL grain polybulk @ Mossend 84-07-22 � Paul Bartlett w

33 70 928 011-5 SMDL grain polybulk @ Mossend 84-05-28 � Paul Bartlett w

33 70 928 016-4 SMDL grain polybulk @ Mossend 84-05-28 � Paul Bartlett w

33 70 928 016-4 SMDL grain polybulk @ Mossend 84-07-22 � Paul Bartlett [1w]

33 70 928 016-4 SMDL grain polybulk @ Mossend 84-07-22 � Paul Bartlett [2w]

33 70 928 016-4 DCCL grain polybulk @ Whitemoor 88-05-14 � Paul Bartlett w

33 70 928 020-6 DCCL grain polybulk Parkestone Quay 86-08-10 � Paul Bartlett w

33 70 928 020-6 SMDL grain polybulk @ Mossend 84-07-22 � Paul Bartlett w

33 70 928 020-6 DCCL grain polybulk @ Mossend 89-07-30 � Paul Bartlett w

33 70 928 021-4 SMDL grain polybulk @ Mossend 84-07-22 � Paul Bartlett w

33 70 928 022-2 DCCL grain polybulk @ Millerhill 85-08-22 � Paul Bartlett w

33 70 928 026-3 SMDL grain polybulk @ Mossend 84-07-22 � Paul Bartlett w

33 70 928 0028-9 DCCL grain polybulk @ York Dringhouses 83-05-29 � Paul Bartlett w

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Keywords:Diag E538, Distillers, Polybulk, grain