B783410_2206_Rawtenstall
Resplendent in a recent coat of bauxite is 12 ton vacuum braked Ventilated Goods Van B783410, Rawtenstall, East Lancashire Railway,4th June 2022. B783410 is one of the less common British Railways 12 ton vacuum braked Ventilated Goods Vans being to diagram 1/217. One thousand nine hundred and ninety four vans were built to diagram 1/217 and they basically differed from the standard diagram 1/208 van by having double sliding doors in lieu of the double hinged doors. This gave a wider opening of 9ft allowing the type to carry pallets as well as general merchandise. Consequently these vans were known as “vanwides” and were coded VWV under the TOPS coding. The diagram 1/217 van proved to be the ultimate development of the traditional 12 ton 10 foot wheelbase vacuum braked van. B783410 was one of a batch of one thousand vans built at Wolverton in 1962 to lot number 3391.
B783410_2206_Rawtenstall
Resplendent in a recent coat of bauxite is 12 ton vacuum braked Ventilated Goods Van B783410, Rawtenstall, East Lancashire Railway,4th June 2022. B783410 is one of the less common British Railways 12 ton vacuum braked Ventilated Goods Vans being to diagram 1/217. One thousand nine hundred and ninety four vans were built to diagram 1/217 and they basically differed from the standard diagram 1/208 van by having double sliding doors in lieu of the double hinged doors. This gave a wider opening of 9ft allowing the type to carry pallets as well as general merchandise. Consequently these vans were known as “vanwides” and were coded VWV under the TOPS coding. The diagram 1/217 van proved to be the ultimate development of the traditional 12 ton 10 foot wheelbase vacuum braked van. B783410 was one of a batch of one thousand vans built at Wolverton in 1962 to lot number 3391.