To allow for longer trains, early railway companies from the 1840s onwards began replicating industrial tramway practises, by adding "break vans". The term was derived from their name …

British Railways inherited a variety of brake vans from each of the Big Four: GWR, LNER, Southern Railway and LMS due to the nationalisation of the railways in 1948. A brake van, on …

The brake van (also known as the guard's van) is an important part of every goods train. It can usually be found at the back of a goods train and carries the guard. Did you know? The …

Early LNER brake van. Before the widespread adoption of goods wagons fitted with automatic brakes, freight trains would have a brake van at the tail end. The brake van was manned by …

Apr 19, 2015 · This post follows on from the announcement by Kernow models of their ready to run version of the ex LSWR 10T Road van to diagram 1541 and will look at a few kit built …

The brake van (also known as the guard's van) is an important part of every goods train. It can usually be found at the back of a goods train and carries the guard. Brake vans are equipped …

Brake van and guard's van are terms used mainly in the UK and Australia for a railway vehicle that has a hand brake which can be applied by the guard.

Mar 25, 2021 · Brake vans have not been used widely in revenue-earning services for some 30 years, but were once commonplace on the tails of freight trains running up and down the …

Brake vans (originally called break vans) were first employed on early industrial tramways and cableways to provide braking should coupling fail. They were needed because early wagons …

The BR Standard Brake Van was built by British Railways for use on there goods trains. BR inherited a large number of brake vans from its precursor companies, and soon embarked on …