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BR 94157 General Utility Van

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|status = Static use
|carno = 94157
|othernos = 86523, M86523, 93523M93523, 95157
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}}86105 94157 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>
==94157 in serviceService==General Utility Van (GUV) 94157 was originally numbered 86523 when built by BR in 1958 at St Rollox. <ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.201.</ref> It was part of a batch of standard GUVs shared between York and Glasgowfor which it carried the number M86523. It subsequently gained a TOPS classification of NJV, indicating that it was vacuum braked but fitted for electrical train heating.
It Rolling stock in the 86nnn range was renumbered 95157 during under TOPS in the 1980s, possibly to prevent confusion by clerical staff with numbers issued to Class 86 diesel locomotives, and M86523 became M93523 in March 1984.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.222. </ref> A rebuild for use as a containerised mail van resulted in a further renumbering as 95157 in June 1992,<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.236.</ref> later renumbered as 94157in September 1994.<ref>[[Bibliography#Other References|Longworth (2013)]] p.232. </ref> 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>
==94157 in preservation==
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