Utility Vans
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These four wheel "Utility Vans" were called by the Southern Railway code Van U and differed from the four wheel luggage vans by having end doors. Under British Railways their code was CCT (Covered Carriage Truck). |
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photograph by John Lewis CCT M94307, built in 1959-60 at Earlestown, is seen here at Hove in blue livery with "Express Parcels" branding. Accompanying it is a 34 ton bogie ballast wagon DB978157 code YCV built in 1981-2. |
| S2500 was built in April 1933, at Ashford, to Order RSCO A636
and is an example of one of the early utility vans with even planking to the
sides and the doors. Withdrawn in August 1969, it became a stores van, internal
user vehicle 082981 allocated to the RSE Section Tonbridge, as seen here in
Tonbridge Yard.
photograph by John Lewis |
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1732 is a 1938 built example with even planking to the doors, but an uneven
planked body. Photographed at Clapham Junction in the 1970s.
photograph by John Lewis |
| Many of these vans were built by BR and 2081, seen here, was
one built at Ashford in 1951 and photographed at Clapham Junction in the 1970s.
It has plywood sides and unevenly planked doors.
photograph by John Lewis |
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