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    Hornby Network Rail QQA

    Aug 03, 2020 3 minutes

    Breakdown support vehicles

    FOUR former NKA Super GUV mail vans were secured by Network Rail as breakdown train support vehicles and converted for the role in 2010. Painted in Network Rail livery of yellow with a mid-grey roof, the vans have a similar outward appearance to the original Super GUV design and are coded QQA.

    The four vans are numbered ADB 971001-004 which were originally NKA Nos. 94150, 94190, 941919 and 94168. All four vans run on Commonwealth bogies and have retained most of their original shell

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