BR 86105 General Utility Van
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BR GUV 86105
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Built By |
Pressed Steel
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Status |
Static use
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Number |
86105
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Other numbers |
93105, M86105
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History
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Built |
1958
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Diagram |
811
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Lot |
30417
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Type |
GUV
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Seats |
None
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1992 |
Arrived on SVR
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Carriages
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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
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.
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80328 in service and preservation
BR General Utility Van (GUV) 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 BR Maroon livery.
See alsoReferences
- ↑ SVR Stock Book 9th Edition
- ↑ Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
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