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'''Caledonian Railway Goods Van 2080''' is an outside-framed 10-ton ventilated van, built to diagram 67. These are 4-wheel vans with a 10ft 6in wheelbase and a wooden underframe. Between 1903 and 1918 over 1,300 vans were constructed to this diagram by the Caledonian and private builders. Originally built with a roof door, batches from 1907 incorporated end ventilators. During WW1 some were converted to carry cordite paste, used in the manufacture of munitions. Several were later sold to private owner use.<ref>[https://www.tierneymodelrailwayshop.com/product-page/cr-dia-67-10t-van-cadbury-no-278 Tierney Model Railway shop website] (Retrieved 30 April 2024)</ref>
2080 was built at the St Rollox works of the Caledonian Railway, Glasgow in 1910. It was taken on by the LMS at Grouping in 1923, and renumbered '''302080'''. It was later sold to Cadbury’s , which operated an extensive internal railway system at Bourneville, where it was an internal user vehicle, renumbered numbered '''278'''.
278 was donated to the SVR by Cadbury’s in June 1967 along with sister vans [[Caledonian Railway / LMS 304543 Covered Goods Van| 266 (304543)]], [[Wagons formerly resident on the SVR | 268 (300682) and 269 (307455)]].
