Category:Carriage Type GUV
A General Utility Van (GUVGeneral Utility Van, formerly used to transport mail and parcels) is a type of rail vehicle built by British Rail and its predecessors, which was primarily used for transporting mail and parcels. GUVs were classified as Non Passenger Carrying Coaching Stock (NPCCS)
Following the introduction of TOPSTotal Operations Processing System, an American computer system adopted by BR from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock. in the late 1960s, BRBritish Rail or British Railways carriages of this class were allocated the TOPS code NIV, denoting:
N: Non-passenger carrying stock
I: General utility van
V: Vacuum brake
GUVGeneral Utility Van, formerly used to transport mail and parcels's adapted for BRUTEBritish Railways Utility Trolley Equipment, a wire caged trolley with a low floor developed by BR to replace existing luggage trucks and mail bag trolleys. use were allocated TOPSTotal Operations Processing System, an American computer system adopted by BR from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock. code NKV.
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