19850223_ZD_AdrianNicols
20 ton Goods Brake Van. (BR).
DETAILS FOR THIS VEHICLE., Location : Whitemoor Yard., Date : 02/08/1987., Type : Goods Brake Van., Weight : 20t GLW / 20t Tare., Number : B 950075., Number Series : B 950000 to B 950124., Builder : 1949 by BR Derby Works., TOPS Code : CAO., Lot no. 2025., Diagram no. 1/505., , ADDITIONAL NOTES., With the advent of nationalisation and the formation of British Railways in 1948 the rush to replace worn out and war damaged freight stock meant BR perpetuated numerous designs inherited from the pre nationalisation companies. One such example is the LMS 20 ton brake van. BR had already completed an order placed by the LMSR in the late 1940's which saw 1338 vans of this type delivered between 1949-50 to LMS diagram D2068 (see previous image in photostream). BR simply carried on with two further orders in 1949 built as lots 2025 and 2026. This time being post nationalisation they carried new BR revenue fleet numbers B 950000 to B 950249. So a further 250 examples., , The vehicle depicted here although condemned seven months earlier has been retained along with numerous other redundant vans as impact wagons in Whitemoor Down Yard. When the former down hump yard had most of its through roads turned into dead end sidings these redundant brake vans were placed strategically to prevent buffer stop collisions. In truth most ended up shoved up against the buffers they were there to protect.
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