Class :                BH

Item Type :             Horse Box (round roof)

Parent System :          SAR

Gauge :                            Broad

Description :                    A Bogie Horse Box

Year of Manufacture :     May & June 1935

Manufactured By :          Islington workshops

Previous Classification :  

Current Classification :        

Year of Withdrawal :      1970

Named :                                 

Number Range :             4900 to 4903

Load:                                     

Tare:                              28.10.0

Capacity:                       12 horses & 2 grooms

History in Service :       A Horse Box built from May 1935 for broad gauge operations. These were significantly different to the first series of BH Horse Boxes with the celestory roof built from March 1912. In 1940 the handbrake wheel was moved to the guards compartment so that the horse box could also be used as a brake van. Two horse boxes were also converted to Acident Vans in 1962 (4902 & 877 (celestory roofed)).

See Also :                      NH, BH (celestory Roof), HB, AV2R

Colour Schemes :           SAR Hawthorne Green and a Red Brown later in life.

Modelling Hints :           

Further Information:       Articles by Phil Curnow in July/August AMRM 1978 Page 23

                                     Modelling The SAR Convention Page 3-221 to 3-240

Plans :                           Modelling The SAR Convention Page 3-238       

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