BR 86105 General Utility Van

BRBritish Rail or British Railways 86105 General Utility Van
BRBritish Rail or British Railways GUVGeneral Utility Van, formerly used to transport mail and parcels 86105
Built By	Pressed Steel
Status	Static use
Number	M86105
Livery	BRBritish Rail or British Railways Maroon
Other numbers	M93105
History
Built	1958
Diagram	811
Lot	30417
Type	GUV
TOPS code	NKV
Seats	None
1992	Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway
Carriages

86105 is a BRBritish Rail or British Railways Mark 1 General Utility Van. These vehicles were built for use on express passenger services as well as parcels and freight trains, and were classed as Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock. The side doors allowed loading of containerised mail and parcels and newspapers. The GUVs were 'through piped' for use on steam heated services, although they were not themselves steam heated.

Service

BRBritish Rail or British Railways General Utility Van (GUVGeneral Utility Van, formerly used to transport mail and parcels) No 86105 was built by Pressed Steel in 1958 to Diagram 811 (NK501), Lot 30417. It initially carried the number M86105, being allocated to the Midland Region, before receiving a new number of M93105 as part of a general reorganisation of TOPS codes in December 1983. It was withdrawn from service in December 1992.

Preservation

The SVRSevern Valley Railway stock book states that the Van arrived from Radyr, Wales on 12 October 1992 (this precedes the withdrawal date given in Longworth). By 1999 it had been restored to 1958 maroon passenger livery and sited in Bewdley Cattle Dock where it was put to use as a sales coach by The Erlestoke Manor Fund. It continues in in use in this role and is seen painted in unlined BRBritish Rail or British Railways Maroon livery.

See also

• List of carriages

References

Links

• 86105 on Railway Heritage Register On-Line