Killybegs Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 A current offering from Hornby has a panel with lettering stating which two trains the brake van may be used on, see attached pic. I don't remember coming across this before. Can anyone shed any light on how often this was done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold melmoth Posted October 15, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 15, 2018 I don't know, but there is a picture in Barrie Walker's "Northern Steam Finale" (isbn 0710603754, Jane's, 1986) which, incidentally, shows a standard BR 20T Brake Van, B953630, as the first van behind the locos on a railtour over the Cromford & High Peak in 1967 and which bears the instructions: "RU Avonmouth 10.30am Avonmouth to Tavistock Jnc 7.30pm Tavistock Jnc to Avonmouth". So, from this rather limited sample of one: a. It wasn't restricted to ex-GWR designs on the WR b. They still managed to wander Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Isherwood Posted October 15, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 15, 2018 A current offering from Hornby has a panel with lettering stating which two trains the brake van may be used on, see attached pic. I don't remember coming across this before. Can anyone shed any light on how often this was done. R6835.1.jpg Not at all unusual - there are plenty of photos around which illustrate the allocated workings of ex-GWR TOAD brakevans. Some of the wording was extremely complex; indicating the full operating diagram, including light engine / brakevan movements. Regards, John Isherwood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim.snowdon Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 The Great Western had a habit of diagraming its goods brake vans and, in some instances, painting the workings on the vans concerned. Some of the passenger brakes were similarly adorned. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FelixM Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 BR 20Ton Brake Van by Tony Lambert, auf Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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