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BR 86105 General Utility Van

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[[File:{{Infobox maroon carriage|image = BR_86105_20150315.jpg |caption = BR GUV 86105|construc = Pressed Steel|status = Static use|thumbcarno = 86105|300pxothernos = 93105, M86105|rightdesigned = |diagram = 811|lot = 30417|cartype = [[:Category:Carriage Type GUV| BR GUV ]]|seats = None|built = 1958|years1 = 1992|events1 = Arrived on SVR|years2 = |events2 = |years3 = |events3 = |years4 = |events4 = |years5 = |events5 = |years6 = |events6 = }}86105is a BR 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 [[:Category:Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)|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.<ref name=SVR>SVR Stock Book 9th Edition</ref> ==80328 in service and preservation==BR General Utility Van (GUV) No 86105 was built by Pressed Steel in 1958to diagram 811, lot 30417. <ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> It was preserved in October 1992, arriving from Radyr, Wales. By 1999 it had been restored to 1958 maroon passenger livery and is sited in Bewdley Cattle Dock where it is in was put to use as a [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund sales coach|sales coach]] by [[The Erlestoke Manor Fund]]. It continues in in use in this role and is seen painted in unlined BR Maroon livery.
==See also==
*[[Carriages#BR Designed Coaches | List of carriages]]<br>: [[BR 81013 Brake Gangwayed | Previous ]]<br>: [[BR 94157 General Utility Van | Next ]]
==References==
Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey<brReferences/>
==Links==
*[http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=2359 86105 on vintagecarriagestrust.org]<br> 
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[[Category:Carriage Type GUV]]
[[Category:Rolling stock owned by The Erlestoke Manor Fund]]
[[Category:Rolling stock in Bewdley Down Yard]]
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