LMS 730866 Goods Brake Van
From SVR Wiki
This LMSLondon Midland & Scottish Railway 20 ton Brake Van was built at Derby in 1940 to Lot 1278. It is 24ft long with a 16ft wheelbase, and is one of 2,653 similar vehicles built between 1933 and 1947. It is not fitted with a vacuum brake, but has a through vacuum pipe for working with other fitted vehicles. It arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in February 1990 and is owned by the 2857 Society.
It is photographed at Bewdley.
Sources
Railway Heritage Register Wagon Survey
SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Eighth Edition
2857 Society
Links
730866 on vintagecarriagestrust.org
730866 on 2857.org.uk
