LSWR Brake Van Part 5

Shock, horror and panic over.

Having coupled the Brake Van on to its train I noticed that the height of it was a good deal less than other box vans. Had I got the height wrong somehow? Checking the dimensions with the drawing revealed it to be correct.

Happily, there is a photo in the magazine of a prototype Brake Van coupled to a standard 10 ton SR box van and indeed the Brake Van is a bit of a squat.

The photo below shows the complete train from the normal the viewing distance. You may wonder why there are GW trucks in LSWR territory. Well the movement of goods between territories resulted in such events and the foreigners were often held and used for local deliveries eventually finding there way back to home ground. The other reason of course is a lack of LSWR r-t-r trucks from the trade!

Might be worth mentioning that the limit on train length for this line was initially set at ten loaded wagons (or 15 empty wagons) and three 4 wheeled passenger coaches. I wonder if a mixed train of this length every worked the line since it was a quiet back water with little traffic demand.

To Part 1

David