Difference between revisions of "BR 955243 Goods Brake Van"
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[[File:BR 955243 Goods Brake Van.jpg |thumb|300px|right| The frame and brake wheel of BR Brake Van 955243]] | [[File:BR 955243 Goods Brake Van.jpg |thumb|300px|right| The frame and brake wheel of BR Brake Van 955243]] | ||
| − | + | BR 20 ton 'Toadfit' brake van 955243 was built in 1962 at Ashford, Kent. It was moved to the SVR from the embryonic Southall Steam Centre in 1990 by owner J.J. Smith. The SVR Stock Book records that it was subsequently used on gala and charter freight trains.<ref>SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition</ref> | |
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| + | During 2001 955243 and fellow Toadfit [[BR 953153 Goods Brake Van|953153]] were both damaged by fire while stored in the Engineers’ siding at the [[Stourport Triangle]]. Damage to 955243 was the more serious, with not one piece of timber left unburned.<ref name=SVR141>SVR News 141</ref> | ||
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| + | By 2015 only the frame and brake wheel remained as can be seen in this photograph taken at the Stourport Triangle. | ||
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Revision as of 18:05, 5 December 2017
BRBritish Rail or British Railways 20 ton 'ToadfitTelegraphic code signifying a vacuum brake fitted brake van' brake van 955243 was built in 1962 at Ashford, Kent. It was moved to the SVRSevern Valley Railway from the embryonic Southall Steam Centre in 1990 by owner J.J. Smith. The SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book records that it was subsequently used on gala and charter freight trains.[1]
During 2001 955243 and fellow ToadfitTelegraphic code signifying a vacuum brake fitted brake van 953153 were both damaged by fire while stored in the Engineers’ siding at the Stourport Triangle. Damage to 955243 was the more serious, with not one piece of timber left unburned.[2]
By 2015 only the frame and brake wheel remained as can be seen in this photograph taken at the Stourport Triangle.
