Class :               U

Item Type :           Ventilated Box Van

Parent System :          VR

Gauge :                            Broad

Description :                    A wooden, louvred ventilated box van.

Year of Manufacture :      1895 to 1897

Manufactured By :             Braybrook Implement Co, Robinson & Co

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Year of Withdrawal :        1958/59

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Number Range :               167

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History in Service :       25 were converted to P explosive vans in 1953/4. Further P vans were built on under frames condemned in 1958/9. The remaining 42 vans were recoded to HD and lasted into the 1970’s as way and works plant trucks.

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Colour Schemes :         VR Wagon Red  

Modelling Hints :          SEM Kit

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