Description
Until 1968, fully fitted freight trains were required by law to carry a brake van at the end. The brake van provided brake functionality to help slow the train and acted as a space where the train guard could carry out additional duties such as paperwork. As a result, most brake vans featured a stove and desk on top of the brake apparatus. This example of a British Rail brake van for the Southern Region comes in brown.
- Item Length - Without Packaging (cm): 10.8
- Item Height - Without Packaging (cm): 5.5
- Item Width - Without Packaging (cm): 3.5
- Item Weight - Without Packaging (kg): 0.1
- Item Scale: 1:76 Scale 00 Gauge
- Finish: Painted
- Colour: Brown
- Gauge: OO
- Operator: BR
- Designer: BR
- Minimum Curve (mm): Radius 1
Number of Parts: 1
- Buffer Type: Fixed Plastic Buffers
- Coupling Type: NEM Tension Lock