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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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| − | General Utility Van (GUV) 94157 | + | General Utility Van (GUV) 94157 was originally numbered 86523 when built by BR in 1958 at St Rollox. It was part of a batch of standard GUVs shared between York and Glasgow. It subsequently gained a TOPS classification of NJV, indicating that it was vacuum braked but fitted for electrical train heating. |
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| + | It was renumbered 95157 during the 1980s, possibly to prevent confusion by clerical staff with numbers issued to Class 86 diesel locomotives. A rebuild for use as a containerised mail van resulted in a further renumbering as 94157. This configuration included roller shutter doors, steel floors and plated over windows; the TOPS code NKA also indicating fitting with air brakes only<ref name=SVR155>SVR News 155</ref> It is equipped with commonwealth bogies.<ref>Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey</ref> | ||
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| + | ==94157 in preservation== | ||
| + | 94157 and 94200 (earlier 86207) were declared surplus to requirements by EWS Railways at Old Oak Common in 2006. They were delivered to Kidderminster on 13 March 2006, having been acquired by [[SR 34027 Taw Valley]] owner Phil Swallow to keep parts secure during the locomotive’s overhaul.<ref name=SVR155/> | ||
The photograph below shows 94157 in March 2015 at [[Bridgnorth MPD]] where it is used by the Department as a storage vehicle. In 2016 it received an overhaul and repaint into BR maroon livery.<ref>SVR News 194 p. 14.</ref> | The photograph below shows 94157 in March 2015 at [[Bridgnorth MPD]] where it is used by the Department as a storage vehicle. In 2016 it received an overhaul and repaint into BR maroon livery.<ref>SVR News 194 p. 14.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 14:35, 4 July 2017
| BRBritish Rail or British Railways 94157 General Utility Van | |
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 BRBritish Rail or British Railways General Utility Van 94157 | |
| Built By | BRBritish Rail or British Railways St Rollox |
| Status | Static use |
| Number | 94157 |
| Other numbers | 86523, M86523, 93523, 95157 |
| History | |
| Built | 1958 |
| Diagram | 811 |
| Lot | 30402 |
| Type | GUV |
| Seats | None |
| 2006 | Preserved |
94157 in service
General Utility Van (GUVGeneral Utility Van, formerly used to transport mail and parcels) 94157 was originally numbered 86523 when built by BRBritish Rail or British Railways in 1958 at St Rollox. It was part of a batch of standard GUVs shared between York and Glasgow. It subsequently gained a TOPSTotal Operations Processing System, an American computer system adopted by BR from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock. classification of NJV, indicating that it was vacuum braked but fitted for electrical train heating.
It was renumbered 95157 during the 1980s, possibly to prevent confusion by clerical staff with numbers issued to Class 86 diesel locomotives. A rebuild for use as a containerised mail van resulted in a further renumbering as 94157. This configuration included roller shutter doors, steel floors and plated over windows; the TOPSTotal Operations Processing System, an American computer system adopted by BR from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock. code NKA also indicating fitting with air brakes only[2] It is equipped with commonwealth bogies.[3]
94157 in preservation
94157 and 94200 (earlier 86207) were declared surplus to requirements by EWSEnglish, Welsh & Scottish Railway, a rail freight company Railways at Old Oak Common in 2006. They were delivered to Kidderminster on 13 March 2006, having been acquired by SR 34027 Taw Valley owner Phil Swallow to keep parts secure during the locomotive’s overhaul.[2]
The photograph below shows 94157 in March 2015 at Bridgnorth MPD where it is used by the Department as a storage vehicle. In 2016 it received an overhaul and repaint into BRBritish Rail or British Railways maroon livery.[4]
94157 in 2015 prior to overhaul
See also
References
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book 9th Edition
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 SVRSevern Valley Railway News 155
- ↑ Railway Heritage Register Carriage Survey
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 194 p. 14.
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