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}}86105 is 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> | }}86105 is 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> | ||
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BR General Utility Van (GUV) No 86105 was built by Pressed Steel in 1958 to 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 sited in Bewdley Cattle Dock where it 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. | BR General Utility Van (GUV) No 86105 was built by Pressed Steel in 1958 to 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 sited in Bewdley Cattle Dock where it 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. | ||
Revision as of 16:14, 24 April 2017
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 86105 General Utility Van | |
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BRBritish Rail or British Railways GUVGeneral Utility Van, formerly used to transport mail and parcels 86105 | |
Built By | Pressed Steel |
Status | Static use |
Number | 86105 |
Other numbers | 93105, M86105 |
History | |
Built | 1958 |
Diagram | 811 |
Lot | 30417 |
Type | GUV |
Seats | None |
1992 | Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway |
86105 in service and preservation
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, lot 30417.[2] It was preserved in October 1992, arriving from Radyr, Wales. 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.
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