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2. Brake gangwayed - Wikipedia

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   The brake gangwayed or BG coach (also known as a full brake) is a type of British Railways Mark 1 passenger brake van.It has a guard's compartment in the centre and two large areas either side for storing luggage.

3. Brake van - Wikipedia

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   Brake van and guard's van are terms used mainly in the UK, Ireland, Australia and India for a railway vehicle equipped with a hand brake which can be applied by the guard. The equivalent North American term is caboose , but a British brake van and a caboose are very different in appearance, because the former usually has only four wheels, while ...

4. British railway brake van - Wikipedia

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   British Railways would go on to copy the LNER 'Toad D' brake van design, [10] which would become known as the 'British Rail Standard Brake Van'. The 1963 The Reshaping of British Railways report would mark a shift in British Rail away from unfitted, wagonload, freight trains, and a desire to shift towards 'Liner Trains' (unit trains of shipping ...

5. Rolling stock of the Bluebell Railway - Wikipedia

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   It is intended that this van will revert to its BR identity of M360328. SR: 55993 25 ton "Pillbox" Brake Van Operational. Built in 1930. SR: 56290 25 ton "Queen Mary" Brake Van Operational, regularly used with engineering trains and brake van rides. Built in 1936. BR: 62864 "Shark" Ballast Plough Brake Van Stored awaiting restoration. Built in ...

6. Driving Brake Standard Open - Wikipedia

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   A Driving Brake Standard Open (DBSO) is a type of railway carriage in the United Kingdom, converted to operate as a control car; this is not to be confused with DVTs, such as those in InterCity 225 sets. Fourteen such vehicles, numbered 9701 to 9714, were converted from Mark 2F Brake Standard Open (standard class coaches with brake van) carriages.

7. GWR Toad - Wikipedia

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   3 "Toad" brake vans of the Great Western Railway The GWR Toad is a class of railway brake van, designed by and built for the Great Western Railway.Used by the GWR from 1894, and post-1947 by the Western Region of British Railways, its role was a safety brake on goods trains in the West of England, the Midlands and Wales.