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[[File: CR_302080_20150402.jpg |thumb|200px|right| Caledonian Railway Goods Van 302080]]
'''Caledonian Railway Goods Van 2080''' is an and sister vehicle [[Caledonian Railway / LMS 304543 Covered Goods Van|4543]] are both outside-framed 10-ton ventilated vanvans, built to diagram Caledonian Railway Diagram 67. These are 4-wheel vans with a 10ft 6in wheelbase and a wooden underframe. Between 1903 and 1918 over 1,300 vans Both were constructed to this diagram by resident on the Caledonian SVR between 1967 and private builders2016. 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, and a further 150 were constructed for the purpose.<ref group="note">The huge [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Factory,_Gretna HM Factory at Gretna] was connected to the main North British and Caledonian Railways.</ref> 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>
==Diagram 67==
Between 1903 and 1918, a total of 1,316 vans were constructed to this diagram by the Caledonian and private builders. The wide-ranging and apparently random numbers allocated to many of the vans suggested they replaced earlier vehicles. A number of design modifications were introduced over time.<ref name=Williams>[[Bibliography#Other References|Williams (2013)]] pp. 153-160.</ref>
The first 200 vans to Diagram 67 were built with a roof door and had brakes which acted on the wheels on one side only. By the time Order G290 was authorised in 1907, the roof door had been discontinued and replaced by end ventilators. Order G280 (Drawing 14789), built in 1909 and which included Morton brakes on both sides of the van for the first time, were the first with wooden outside framing. 20 vans to Order G290<ref group="note">The Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey records 2080 as Lot 29x of 1910 and 4543 as Lot 32X, also of 1910. These Lot numbers appear to equate to the related Order numbers G290 and G325 listed in Williams (2013), although with a possible discrepancy on the latter date.</ref> built in the half-year to July 1910 (Drawing 16215) had 3-foot 9-inch wheels and tie rods between the axle guards. Later Orders G307, G325 and G360 authorised in 1911 were recorded as fitted with Dual brakes.<ref name=Williams/>
During WW1 a further 45 with dual brakes were built to Orders G371 and G391, some of which were probably insulated to carry frozen meat. Seventeen others were converted to carry cordite paste, used in the manufacture of munitions, and a further 150 were constructed for the purpose.<ref name=Williams/><ref group="note">The huge [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Factory,_Gretna HM Factory at Gretna] was connected to the main North British and Caledonian Railways.</ref> 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 in service and preservation==
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 numbered '''278'''.
